 | 1898 - 664 sider
...two or more quatrains in one, was known. The original of what is perhaps the most familiar stanza— A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine,...the Wilderness. Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow — is thus found in two quatrains, numbered respectively 149 and 155 in Mr. Heron-Allen's translation,... | |
 | 1902 - 902 sider
...Day Smoke I am perfectly happy ! " Old Omar gives us a more poetic version of the same thing: — " A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread — and Thou Beside...the Wilderness — Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow I " I am not desirous in this essay of discussing the morality of any habit, as such; I simply wish... | |
 | David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1904 - 600 sider
...bored by others, bored by myself, — but not by you," he added with a half-sigh, and idly quoted : — A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread — and Thou Beside me singing hi the Wilderness — The word bread arrested her attention. " You are hungry 1 " she asked anxiously.... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1868 - 56 sider
...golden Throne ! XII. Here with.a little Bread beneath the Bough, A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse — and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness — Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow ! XIII. Some for the Glories of This World ; and some Sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come ; x.... | |
 | Laurier House, Omar Khayyam - 1872 - 70 sider
...sown, Where name of Slave and Sultan is forgot — And Peace to Mahmud on his golden Throne ! XII. A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread — and Thou Beside me singing m the Wilderness — Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow ! XIII. Some for the Glories of This World ;... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1878 - 164 sider
...sown, Where name of Slave and Sultan is forgot — And Peace to Mahmud on his golden Throne ! XII. A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine,...— and Thou \ Beside me singing in the Wilderness — h, Wilderness were Paradise enow ! ^ XIII. // \ Some for the Glories of This World ; and some /... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1879 - 146 sider
...name of Slave and Sultan is forgot — And Peace to Mahmiid on his golden Throne ! EUBAITAT OF XII. A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine,...the Wilderness — Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow ! XIIL Some for the Glories of This World ; and some Sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come ; Ah,... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1879 - 144 sider
...sown, Where name of Slave and Sultan is forgot — • And Peace to Mahmiid on his golden Throne ! XII. A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine,...the Wilderness — Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow ! XIII. Some for the Glories of This World ; and some Sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come ; Ah,... | |
 | Elizabeth Williams Champney - 1881 - 316 sider
...the night. Hoarse mutters to the murmuring sycamore. What shall I deem their converse ? " HALLAM. " A book of verses underneath the bough, A jug of wine,...wilderness were Paradise enow!" FROM THE PERSIAN. THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. CHAPTER VIII. THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. TT was a glorious mid-October day,... | |
 | Edward Hayes Plumptre - 1881 - 312 sider
...enjoyment is the old lesson of a calm and tranquil Epicureanism such as that of Eccl. ii. 24, v. 8, ix. 7. "A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine,...the Wilderness, Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow. Some for the Glories of this World, and some Sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come; Ah, take the... | |
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A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread — and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness — Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow! 
