biteThe Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
The Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam (Ghiyāth al-Dīn ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīshābūrī)
poetry · Item 273

For I remember stopping by the way To watch a Potter thumping his wet Clay: And with its all-obliterated Tongue It murmur'd--"Gently, Brother, gently, pray!"