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Best Famous Elias Poems

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Written by Omar Khayyam | Create an image from this poem

Life's fount is wine, Khizir its guardian,

Life's fount is wine, Khizir its guardian,
I, like Elias, find it where I can,
'Tis sustenance for heart and spirit too,
Allah himself calls wine «a boon to man.»


Written by Omar Khayyam | Create an image from this poem

They call you wicked, if to fame you're known,

They call you wicked, if to fame you're known,
And an intriguer, if you live alone,
Trust me, though you were Khizr or Elias,
'Tis best to know none, and of none be known.
Written by Omar Khayyam | Create an image from this poem

If in a city you acquire renown, you are thought to

If in a city you acquire renown, you are thought to
be the most wicked of men; if you retire into a corner,
they regard you as a conspirator. What then is best,
were you Elias or Saint Jude, is to live in the way of
knowing none, and being known by none.

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