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

1872 edition, stanza 6

1872 edition, stanza 6

And David's lips are lockt; but in divine

High-piping Péhlevi, with 'Wine! Wine! Wine!

'Red Wine !'—the Nightingale cries to the

Rose That sallow cheek of her's to' incarnadine