An online archive of the first five editions of Edward FitzGerald's translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

1868 edition, stanza 97

1868 edition, stanza 97

So while the Vessels one by one were speaking,

One spied the little Crescent all were seeking:

And then they jogg'd each other, 'Brother! Brother!

'Now for the Porter's shoulder-knot a-creaking?