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

1868 edition, stanza 56

1868 edition, stanza 56

Waste not your Hour, nor in the vain pursuit

Of This and That endeavour and dispute;

Better he merry with the fruitful Grape

Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit.