"A book of verses underneath the bough, A……" — Edward Fitzgerald

A book of verses underneath the bough, A jug of wine, a… - Edward Fitzgerald

"A book of verses underneath the bough, A jug of wine, a loaf of bread-and thou."

— Edward Fitzgerald

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17 Quotes by Edward Fitzgerald

Edward Fitzgerald has 17 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Ah, take the Cash in hand and waive the Rest.
The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop, The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one.
The Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes, But Here or There as strikes the Player goes.
Think then you are Today what Yesterday you were - Tomorrow you shall not be less.
There was the Door to which I found no key; There was the Veil through which I might see.
I sometimes think that never blows so red The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled; That every Hyacinth the…
If you can prove to me that one miracle took place, I will believe he is a just God who…
I am all for the short and merry life.
And much as Wine has played the Infidel, And robbed me of my Robe of Honor Well, I often wonder…
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to…
Oh, Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make, And who with Eden didst devise the Snake; For all the…
Dreaming when Dawn's Left Hand was in the sky I heard a Voice within the Tavern cry: 'Awake, my Little…

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