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

1889 edition, stanza 14

1889 edition, stanza 14

Look to the blowing Rose about us—'Lo,

Laughing,' she says, 'into the world I blow,

At once the silken tassel of my Purse

Tear, and its Treasure on the Garden throw.'