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Quotes by Omar Khayyam
Strange-is it not?-that of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the road Which to discover we must travel too.— filed under Death
Pope's trans. Heav'n but the Vision of fulfill'd Desire. And Hell the Shadow from a Soul on fire.— filed under Heaven
Young Gentlemen leaving the Lennox Academy, Mass. But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this Checker-board of Nights and Days; Hither and thither moves, and checks, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays.— filed under Life
Song XV. And this I know; whether the one True Light Kindle to Love, or Wrath consume me quite, One Flash of It within the Tavern caught Better than in the Temple lost outright.— filed under Light
A potter near his modest cot Was shaping many an urn and pot; He took the clay for the earthen things From beggars' feet and heads of kings.— filed under Occupations-Post
Like wind flies Time 'tween birth and death; Therefore, as long as thou hast breath, Of care for two days hold thee free: The day that was and is to be.— filed under Time