Some for the Glories of This World; and some Sigh for the P… - Edward FitzGerald

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Some for the Glories of This World; and some Sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come; Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go, Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum!

Edward FitzGerald

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Edward Marlborough FitzGerald (31 March 1809 – 14 June 1883), born Edward Marlborough Purcell, was an English writer, best known as the poet of the first and most famous English translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

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Birth Name: Edward Marlborough Purcell

Alternative Names: Edward Fitzgerald • Edward Purcell • Edward Fitz Gerald • Edward Marlborough Fitzgerald • Edward Fitz-Gerald • Fitzgerald • Edward Marlborough FitzGerald • E. F. G

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The King in a carriage may ride,
And the Beggar may crawl at his side;
But in the general race,
They are traveling all the same pace.

I am all for the short and merry life.

Leave well — even 'pretty well' — alone: that is what I learn as I get old.

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