Before the phantom of False morning...

Before the phantom of False morning died
Methought a Voice within the Tavern cried:
"When all the Temple is prepared within
Why [nods]1 the drowsy Worshipper outside?"

by Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883) , no title, from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, no. 2b, third edition, published 1872

a text in Persian by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048-c1122) [text unavailable]

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by Liza Lehmann (1862-1918) , no title, 1896 [tenor and piano], from In a Persian Garden, no. 2.

Date added to the website: 2006-04-08.

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