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petermarcus) wrote2001-05-18 04:38 pm
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Ah, Omar. 900 years ago, yet the words are pretty still, even in translation:
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!
-- Omar Khayyam, The Rubaiyat (translation by Edward FitzGerald)
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!
-- Omar Khayyam, The Rubaiyat (translation by Edward FitzGerald)
remold it....
I think I used to work in one of those stores.
By the by, in Europe did you see any interesting...UMM...over the counter aphrodisiacs for men with florid photos?
Re: remold it....