"Whether we wake or we sleep, Whether we carol or weep, The Sun with his Planets in chime, Marketh the going of Time."

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Source: Edward FitzGerald (1889). “Letters and Literary Remains: The mighty magician. Such stuff as dreams are made of. The downfall and death of King Oedipus. Agamemnon, Rubáiyat of Omar Khayyám. Saláman and Absal. Bredfield hall. Chronomoros. Virgil's garden. Translation from Petrarch. P”

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Edward Fitzgerald

Poet, Translator

Edward Fitzgerald was a British poet and translator, best known for his English version of 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam', which explores themes of love and existential reflection.

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