Edward FitzGerald’s birthday tomorrow
March 30, 2024
Tomorrow, 31st March 2024 will be the 215th anniversary of Edward FitzGerald’s birth in 1809. It is also the 165th anniversary of the publication in 1859 of the first edition of his famous version of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. We should all raise a glass and toast the memory of a Victorian gentleman from Suffolk who gave the world a lasting legacy. His verse still speaks to us today.
Come, fill the Cup, and in the Fire of Spring
The Winter Garment of Repentance fling:
The Bird of Time has but a little way
To fly—and Lo! the Bird is on the Wing.
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Omar Khayyam Rubaiyat 
Ah, Love, could thou and I with Fate conspire
To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire,
Would not we shatter it to bits — and then
Remold it nearer to the Heart’s Desire!
Ah, YES…
To seek God
To find God
To love God
To serve God
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The simplest and profoundest quatrain of all… +
HAPPY E STAR to you Barney, Sandra and everyone X
Thank you Barney, That is one of our favourite quatrains! And thanks Charles too.
Thank you, Sandra, mine too. In the 3rd and subsequent editions, ‘Him’ replaces ‘Fate’.