Ah, Love! could you and I with Him conspire To grasp this s… - Edward FitzGerald

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Ah, Love! could you and I with Him conspire To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire, Would not we shatter it to bits — and then Re-mould it nearer to the Heart's Desire!

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.

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.

Each Morn a thousand Roses brings, you say; Yes, but where leaves the Rose of Yesterday?

Ah, Love! could you and I with Him conspire To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire, Would not we shatter it to bits — and then Re-mould it neare… - Edward FitzGerald

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