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

1868 edition, stanza 58

1868 edition, stanza 58

For 'IS' and 'IS NOT' though with Rule and Line,

And 'UP-AND-DOWN' by Logic I define,

Of all that one should care to fathom, I

Was never deep in anything but—Wine.