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

1872 edition, stanza 28

1872 edition, stanza 28

With them the seed of Wisdom did I sow,

And with my own hand wrought to make it grow;

And this was all the Harvest that I reap'd—

'I came like Water, and like Wind I go.'