rubaiyat of omar khayyam-第10章
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baked over again。' For the 'Allegory;' though shrewd enough in most
things; had the reputation of being 'saift…baked;' i。e。; of weak
intellect。〃
(XC。) At the Close of the Fasting Month; Ramazan (which makes the
Mussulman unhealthy and unamiable); the first Glimpse of the New Moon
(who rules their division of the Year) is looked for with the utmost
Anxiety; and hailed with Acclamation。 Then it is that the Porter's
Knot maybe heardtoward the Cellar。 Omar has elsewhere a pretty
Quatrain about the same Moon
〃Be of Good Cheerthe sullen Month will die;
And a young Moon requite us by and by:
Look how the Old one meagre; bent; and wan
With Age and Fast; is fainting from the Sky!〃
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