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

1879 edition, stanza 51

1879 edition, stanza 51

Whose secret Presence through Creation's veins

Running Quicksilver-like eludes your pains;

Taking all shapes from Mah to Mahi and

They change and perish all—but He remains;