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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! "
Ecclesiastes, Or, The Preacher - Page 253
edited by - 1881 - 271 pages
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Notes and Queries, Volume 97

1898 - 664 pages
...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,...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 90

1902 - 902 pages
...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...
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Macmillan's Magazine, Volume 90

David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1904 - 600 pages
...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....
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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, rendered into Engl. verse [by E. Fitzgerald. 2nd ...

Omar Khayyam - 1868 - 56 pages
...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....
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The North American Review, Volume 109

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1869 - 650 pages
...the bough, A flask of wine, a book of verse, — and thou Beside me singing in the wilderness, — O, wilderness were paradise enow." " Some for the glories...paradise to come ; Ah, take the cash, and let the promise go, Nor heed the music of a distant drum ! " Were it not folly, spider-like, to spin The thread...
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The North American Review, Volume 109

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1869 - 650 pages
...the bough, A flask of wine, a book of verse, — and thou Beside me singing in the wilderness, — O, wilderness were paradise enow." " Some for the glories of this world, and some Sigli for the prophet's paradise to come ; Ah, take the cash, and let the promise go, Nor heed the...
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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-poet of Persia. Rendered Into ...

Laurier House, Omar Khayyam - 1872 - 70 pages
...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 ;...
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Islam Under the Arabs

Robert Durie Osborn - 1876 - 486 pages
...no wish to stretch himself on the rack of this tough world. He has left us his philosophy of life— Some- for the glories of this world, and some Sigh...Paradise to come. Ah ! take the cash, and let the promise go, Nor heed the music of a distant drum ! Were it not folly, spider-like to spin The thread...
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Islam Under the Arabs

Robert Durie Osborn - 1876 - 482 pages
...no wish to stretch himself on the rack of this tough world. He has left us his philosophy of life— Some for the glories of this world, and some Sigh...Paradise to come. Ah ! take the cash, and let the promise go, Nor heed the music of a distant drum ! Were it not folly, spider-like to spin The thread...
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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the Astronomer-poet of Persia

Omar Khayyam - 1878 - 164 pages
...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 /...
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