Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia; . *m % 6 s XXXVI I think the Vessel, that with fugitiveArticulation answerd, once did live, And drink; and Ah! the passive Lip I kissd,How many Kisses might it take— and give! XXXVII For I remember stopping by the wayTo watch a Potter thumping his wet Clay And with its all-obliterated TongueIt murmurd — Gently, Brother, gently, pray ! XXXVIII And has not such a Story from of Old1 Down Mans successive generations rolldOf such a cloud of saturated EarthCast by the Maker into Human mould ? EbmS ^^3 <tf^S

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