Yet More Persian Wisdom

The Rubâ'iyât attributed to Omar Khayyám, is said to be in fact a collection of writings probably from Khayyám's time (12th century) to around the 17th century.

And as we know them they were of course the wonderful work of Edward Fitzgerald, who appears in places to have contributed a few lines of his own; he was entitled to: he was a genius.

So I wonder which wise man wrote the following stunningly beautiful and tear-inducing lines?

LXXIII

Ah Love! could thou and I with Fate 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!

Until the next time.

Another Gem from Persia

XXXII

There was a Door to which I found no Key:
 There was a Veil past which I could not see:
 Some little Talk awhile of ME and THEE
 There seemed---and then no more of THEE and ME.

Some more another day. 

Until the next time 

Thursday's Child?

Mr Onymous commented on my last post regarding another awful Thursday, suggesting that I should "get out more."

Well I do get out; here's a typical day, chez moi:

10:00 get up

10:01 - 10:04 shuffle about a bit, think about HER

10:05 Tea, read emails, news on Internet etc. Cigarette

10:30 Wash, shave, dress, think about HER

11:00 Breakfast: Waitrose malted wheats, coffee with double cream; cigarette, think about HER

11:30  work on amplifiers

16:00-ish Go out for walk to Hammersmith, browse in secondhand book shop, buy book(s) take to Star cafe for large fry-up and tea and a read.

18:00 At home, more amplifiers

20:45 Internet

21:30 BEER, think about HER, read book(s)

23:10 return home, tea Internet, think about HER

24:00 Bed, book, sleeping pill

For those who might think "get a life", this is one, mine.

Until the next time.