The Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam (Ghiyāth al-Dīn ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīshābūrī)
poetry · Item 141
A reason to turn the page
A rose drifts down the river and a ruby cup waits—will you lift it before the angel offers a darker draught?
Discovery 3 of 15While the Rose blows along the River Brink, With old Khayyam the Ruby Vintage drink: And when the Angel with his darker Draught Draws up to thee--take that, and do not shrink.