| Omar Khayyam - 1879 - 144 pages
...foolish Prophets forth ; their Words to Scorn Are scatter'd, and their Mouths are stopt with Dust. XXVII. Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument XXVIII. With, them the seed of Wisdom did I sow, And with mine own hand wrought to make it grow ; And... | |
| Edward Sell - 1880 - 376 pages
...also looks back to the time, when he consorted with those who professed to know, and could say : " With them the seed of wisdom did I sow, And with my own hand laboured it to grow." The founder of the Wahhabi sect was Muhammad-ibnAbd-ul-Wahhab, who was born at... | |
| Edward Hayes Plumptre - 1881 - 306 pages
...without end, were for him but as the "feeding upon wind" (Eccl. xii. 2) and brought no satisfying answer. "Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and...and about : but evermore Came out by the same door where in I went. With them the seed of Wisdom did I sow, And with mine own hand wrought to make it... | |
| Edward Hayes Plumptre - 1881 - 312 pages
...end, were for him but as the " feeding upon wind " (Eccl. xii. i) and brought no satisfying answer. "Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and...and about : but evermore Came out by the same door where in I went. With them the seed of Wisdom did I sow, And with mine own hand wrought to make it... | |
| Edward Caird - 1881 - 56 pages
...philosophy of the Persian poet, Omar Khayyam : — "Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and sage, and heard great argument About it and about, but evermore Came out by the same door that in I went. " With them the seed of wisdom did I sow, And with mine own hand wrought to make it... | |
| F. F. Arbuthnot - 1887 - 196 pages
...Providence but Destiny, and any certain world but this, and so he advises people to make the best of it : ' Myself, when young, did eagerly frequent Doctor and...and about ; but evermore Came out by the same door where in I went. ' With them the seed of Wisdom did I sow, And with mine own hand wrought to make it... | |
| Edward FitzGerald - 1887 - 544 pages
...flies ; One thing is certain, and the Rest is Lies; The Flower that once has blown for ever dies. XXVII Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint, and heard great Argument Fourth Edition. Kl'BAlYAT OK OMAR KHAYYAM. 33 JTAT Alike for those who for TO-DAY prepare. And those... | |
| Edward Clodd - 1888 - 302 pages
...interpret save those which man has gained from experience. Of aught else, as Omar Khayyam sings — Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and...evermore Came out by the same door wherein I went. Creeds may die, rites and ceremonies become matters of archaeological interest, but human needs endure.... | |
| Omar Khayyam - 1888 - 136 pages
...One thing is certain, and the Rest is Lies ; The Flower that once has blown for ever dies. i XXVII Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and...and about : but evermore Came out by the same Door as in I went. XXVIII With them the Seed of Wisdom did I sow, And- with my own hand labour 'd it to... | |
| Edward Clodd - 1888 - 326 pages
...experience. Of aught else, as Omar Khayyam sings — Myself when young did eagerly frequent I )octor and saint, and heard great argument About it and about,...evermore Came out by the same door wherein I went. Creeds may die, rites and ceremonies become matters of archaeological interest, but human needs endure.... | |
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