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XIII. STANZAS.
For a meeting of the Omar Khayam Club (1905).
Out from the East two mystic Voices call,
One says—The way is short, the shadows fall;
Beauty and Love, all worldly joys resign,
Blind not thy soul with pleasure; God is All.
One says—The way is short, the shadows fall;
Beauty and Love, all worldly joys resign,
Blind not thy soul with pleasure; God is All.
Another speaks — Trust not the unseen Power,
Life's path soon ends, so pluck the wayside flower;
Joy is His gift; to-day the world is bright,
None knows the morrow; take the fleeting hour.
Life's path soon ends, so pluck the wayside flower;
Joy is His gift; to-day the world is bright,
None knows the morrow; take the fleeting hour.
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Is this the secret then that Omar found,
Words from the silence? Still we hear their sound.
Friends, we are met once more, the moments fly:
This night is Omar's—Let the cup go round.
Words from the silence? Still we hear their sound.
Friends, we are met once more, the moments fly:
This night is Omar's—Let the cup go round.
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