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Author: Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048-c1122)

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A book of verses (A Book of Verses underneath the Bough ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition) - P. Weaver ITA FRE FRE
A Book of Verses underneath the Bough (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition) ITA FRE FRE
P. Weaver: A book of verses
L. Lehmann, G. Bantock, J. Rogers: A Book of Verses underneath the Bough
R. Kent: A Book of Verses

A Hair, they say, divides the False and True; (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
G. Bantock: A Hair, they say, divides the False and True;

A moment guess'd -- then back behind the Fold (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
G. Bantock: A moment guess'd -- then back behind the Fold

A Moment's Halt -- a momentary taste (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition)
G. Bantock: A Moment's Halt -- a momentary taste

After a momentary silence spake (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition)
G. Bantock: After a momentary silence spake

Ah, but my Computations, People say (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
G. Bantock: Ah, but my Computations, People say

Ah, fill the Cup: -- What boots it to repeat (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
L. Lehmann: Ah, fill the Cup: -- What boots it to repeat

Ah Love! (Ah Love! could you and I with Fate conspire ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition) - H. Kerr
Ah Love! could thou and I with Fate conspire (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
L. Lehmann: Ah, fill the Cup: -- What boots it to repeat
H. Kerr: Ah Love!
G. Bantock, P. Sacco: Ah Love! could you and I with Fate conspire

Ah Love! could thou and I with Him conspire (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
L. Lehmann: Ah, fill the Cup: -- What boots it to repeat
H. Kerr: Ah Love!
G. Bantock, P. Sacco: Ah Love! could you and I with Fate conspire

Ah Love! could you and I with Fate conspire (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
L. Lehmann: Ah, fill the Cup: -- What boots it to repeat
H. Kerr: Ah Love!
G. Bantock, P. Sacco: Ah Love! could you and I with Fate conspire

Ah! ma bien aimée (Ah! ma bien aimée) - F. Mignone (Text: after Hakim Omar Khayyám) [x]
Ah! ma bien aimée (Text: after Hakim Omar Khayyám) [x]
F. Mignone: Ah! ma bien aimée

Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
L. Lehmann, E. Sonntag, G. Bantock: Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend

Ah, moon of my delight, that knows no wane (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition) AFR
H. Bright, P. Sacco, L. Lehmann: Ah, moon of my delight, who know'st no wane
A. Nevin: Elegy

Ah, moon of my delight, who know'st no wane (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition) AFR
H. Bright, P. Sacco, L. Lehmann: Ah, moon of my delight, who know'st no wane
A. Nevin: Elegy

Ah, my Beloved (Ah, my Beloved, fill the Cup that clears ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition) - W. Stickles
Ah, my Beloved, fill the Cup that clears (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
E. Sonntag, G. Bantock: Ah, my Beloved, fill the Cup that clears
W. Stickles: Ah, my Beloved

Ah, not a drop that from our Cups we throw (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
L. Lehmann, G. Bantock: And not a drop that from our Cups we throw

Ah, with the Grape my fading Life provide (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
G. Bantock, H. Bright: Ah, with the Grape my fading Life provide

Alas, that spring should vanish (Alas! that Spring should vanish with the Rose! ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition) - W. Harrington, C. Cohn
Alas! that Spring should vanish with the Rose! (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
A. Whiting: Yet ah, that spring should vanish
W. Harrington, C. Cohn: Alas, that spring should vanish
L. Lehmann, L. Lehmann, G. Bantock, J. Rogers, P. Sacco: Alas! that Spring should vanish with the Rose!
F. Bibb: Persian love song
M. Wald, W. Stickles: Who knows

Alike are those who for TO-DAY prepare (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
G. Bantock: Alike are those who for TO-DAY prepare
V. Harris: Song from Omar Khayyám

Alike for those who for TO-DAY prepare (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
G. Bantock: Alike are those who for TO-DAY prepare
V. Harris: Song from Omar Khayyám

And, as the Cock crew, those who stood before (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
D. Murray, G. Bantock: And, as the Cock crew, those who stood before

And David's Lips are lock't; but in divine (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
G. Bantock: And David's Lips are lock't; but in divine

And fear not lest Existence closing your (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
G. Bantock: And fear not lest Existence closing your

And has not such a Story from of Old (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
M. Miller: For has not such a story
G. Bantock: For has not such a Story from of Old

And if the Cup you drink, the Lip you press (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
And if the Wine you drink, the Lip you press (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
And if the Wine you drink, the Lip you press (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition)
G. Bantock: And if the Wine you drink, the Lip you press

And lately, by the Tavern Door agape (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
G. Bantock: And lately, by the Tavern Door agape

And look -- a thousand Blossoms with the Day (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
And much as Wine has play'd the Infidel (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
G. Bantock: And much as Wine has play'd the Infidel

And not a drop that from our Cups we throw (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
L. Lehmann, G. Bantock: And not a drop that from our Cups we throw

And once again there gather'd a scarce heard (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
And, strange to tell, among that Earthen Lot (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
D. Murray: And, strange to tell, among that Earthen Lot

And that inverted Bowl we call The Sky (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
G. Bantock: And that inverted Bowl we call The Sky

And this delightful Herb whose living Green (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition) FRE
G. Bantock: And this delightful Herb whose living Green
L. Lehmann: I sometimes think that never blows so red

And this delightful Herb whose tender Green (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition) FRE
G. Bantock: And this delightful Herb whose living Green
L. Lehmann: I sometimes think that never blows so red

And this I know: whether the one True Light (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
G. Bantock: And this I know: whether the one True Light

And this reviving Herb, whose tender green (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition) FRE
G. Bantock: And this delightful Herb whose living Green
L. Lehmann: I sometimes think that never blows so red

And those who husbanded the Golden Grain (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
G. Bantock: And those who husbanded the Golden Grain

And we, that now make merry in the Room (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
G. Bantock: And we, that now make merry in the Room

And when like her, oh Sáki, you shall pass (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition)
G. Bantock: And when like her, oh Sáki, you shall pass

And when Thyself with shining Foot shall pass (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
L. Lehmann: Ah, moon of my delight, who know'st no wane
H. Bright: And when Thyself with shining Foot shall pass

And when Yourself with silver Foot shall pass (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
Another said -- "Why, ne'er a peevish Boy (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
Another said, "Why, ne'er a peevish Boy (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
Another Voice, when I am sleeping, cries (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition) FRE
As then the Tulip for her morning sup (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition)
G. Bantock, L. Lehmann: As then the Tulip for her morning sup

As then the Tulip for her wonted sup (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
As under cover of departing Day (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
G. Bantock: As under cover of departing Day

Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
D. Murray: Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night

Before the phantom of False morning died (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
Before the phantom of False morning died (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition)
L. Lehmann, G. Bantock: Before the phantom of False morning died

Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
L. Lehmann: Ah, fill the Cup: -- What boots it to repeat
G. Bantock: Waste not your hour!
L. Lehmann: The worldly hope men set their Hearts upon

Better, oh better, cancel from the Scroll (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
Bring wine, for wine alone may quench the fire
R. Quilter: Verses from 'The Rubāiyat of Omar Khayām

But come with old Khayyám, and leave the Lot (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
D. Murray: But come with old Khayyám, and leave the Lot

But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition)
G. Bantock: But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays

But if in vain, down on the stubborn floor (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
G. Bantock: But if in vain, down on the stubborn floor

But if the Soul can fling the Dust aside (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition)
L. Lehmann, G. Bantock: But if the Soul can fling the Dust aside

But leave the Wise to wrangle, and with me (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
But see! The rising Moon of Heav'n again (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
But that is but a Tent wherein may rest (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
G. Bantock: But that is but a Tent wherein may rest

Chaque matin, la rosée accable les tulipes *
J. Cras: Chaque matin, la rosée accable les tulipes

Come, fill the Cup (Come, fill the Cup, and in the fire of Spring ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition) - R. Kent
Come, fill the Cup, and in the fire of Spring (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
E. Sonntag: Wake! For the Sun who scatter'd into flight
R. Kent: Come, fill the Cup
L. Lehmann, G. Bantock, E. Diemer: Come, fill the Cup, and in the fire of Spring

Do you, within your little hour of Grace (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
Dreaming when Dawn's Left Hand was in the Sky (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
Each morn a thousand Roses brings, you say (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition)
L. Lehmann, G. Bantock: Each morn a thousand Roses brings, you say

Earth could not answer; nor the Seas that mourn (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
G. Bantock: Earth could not answer; nor the Seas that mourn

Elegy (Ah, moon of my delight, who know'st no wane ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition) - A. Nevin AFR
Et cette herbe délicieuse (Et cette herbe délicieuse) - F. Mignone ENG (Text: after Hakim Omar Khayyám) [x]
Et cette herbe délicieuse ENG (Text: after Hakim Omar Khayyám) [x]
F. Mignone: Et cette herbe délicieuse

Et le désert sera mon paradis - F. Mignone ENG (Text: after Hakim Omar Khayyám) [x]
For has not such a story (For has not such a Story from of Old ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition) - M. Miller
For has not such a Story from of Old (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
M. Miller: For has not such a story
G. Bantock: For has not such a Story from of Old

For I remember stopping by the way (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
G. Bantock: For I remember stopping by the way

For in and out, above, about, below (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
For in the Market-place, one Dusk of Day (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
For "IS" and IS-NOT though with Rule and Line (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
G. Bantock: For "IS" and IS-NOT though with Rule and Line

For let Philosopher and Doctor preach (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
For some we loved, the loveliest and the best (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
L. Lehmann: They say the Lion and the Lizard keep
R. Dansie: Reverie
E. Sonntag, G. Bantock, J. Rogers: Lo, some we loved, the loveliest and best

For those who husbanded the Golden Grain (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
G. Bantock: And those who husbanded the Golden Grain

Heav'n but the vision of fulfilled Desire (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
L. Lehmann, E. Sonntag: I sent my Soul through the Invisible
G. Bantock: Heav'n but the vision of fulfilled Desire

Here with a little Bread beneath the Bough (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition) FRE FRE
Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition) FRE FRE
E. Diemer, D. Murray: Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough

How long, how long, in infinite Pursuit (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
L. Lehmann: Ah, fill the Cup: -- What boots it to repeat
G. Bantock: Waste not your hour!
L. Lehmann: The worldly hope men set their Hearts upon

How long, how long, in infinite Pursuit (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
"How sweet is mortal Sovranty!" -- think some: (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
I must abjure the Balm of Life, I must (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
G. Bantock: I must abjure the Balm of Life, I must

I sent my Soul through the Invisible (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
G. Bantock, L. Lehmann, E. Sonntag: I sent my Soul through the Invisible

I sometimes think that never blows so red (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
R. Dansie: Meditation
G. Bantock, D. Murray, L. Lehmann: I sometimes think that never blows so red

I tell Thee this -- When, starting from the Goal (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
I tell you this -- when, started from the Goal (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
G. Bantock: I tell you this -- when, started from the Goal

I think the Vessel, that with fugitive (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
G. Bantock: I think the Vessel, that with fugitive

If but the Vine and Love-abjuring Band (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
Il te versera sa chaleur (Il te versera sa chaleur ) (from Robaiyat) - C. Brouard
Il te versera sa chaleur (from Robaiyat)
C. Brouard: Il te versera sa chaleur

Impotent Pieces of the Game He plays (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
Indeed, indeed, Repentance oft before (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
G. Bantock: Indeed, indeed, Repentance oft before

Indeed the Idols I have loved so long (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
G. Bantock: Indeed the Idols I have loved so long

Into this universe (Into this Universe, and why not knowing) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition) - M. Miller
Into this Universe, and why not knowing (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
M. Miller: Into this universe
G. Bantock: Into this Universe, and why not knowing

Io mi levai dal centro della Terra ENG (Text: after Hakim Omar Khayyám)
F. Santoliquido: Io mi levai dal centro della Terra

Iram indeed is gone with all his Rose (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
Irám indeed is gone with all his Rose (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
L. Lehmann, G. Bantock: Irám indeed is gone with all his Rose

Je ne peux apercevoir le Ciel (Je ne peux apercevoir le Ciel. J'ai trop de larmes dans les yeux ! ) (from Robaiyat) - C. Brouard
Je ne peux apercevoir le Ciel. J'ai trop de larmes dans les yeux ! (from Robaiyat)
C. Brouard: Je ne peux apercevoir le Ciel

L'espérance de ce monde (L'espérance de ce monde) - F. Mignone ENG (Text: after Edward Fitzgerald) [x]
L'espérance de ce monde ENG (Text: after Edward Fitzgerald) [x]
F. Mignone: L'espérance de ce monde

Listen -- a moment listen! -- Of the same (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition)
Listen again. One Evening at the Close (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
D. Murray: Listen again. One Evening at the Close

Lo, some we lov'd, the loveliest and best (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
L. Lehmann: They say the Lion and the Lizard keep
R. Dansie: Reverie
E. Sonntag, G. Bantock, J. Rogers: Lo, some we loved, the loveliest and best

Lo, some we loved, the loveliest and best (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
L. Lehmann: They say the Lion and the Lizard keep
R. Dansie: Reverie
E. Sonntag, G. Bantock, J. Rogers: Lo, some we loved, the loveliest and best

Look to the blowing Rose about us -- "Lo (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition) FRE
G. Bantock: Look to the Rose that blows about us -- "Lo

Look to the Rose that blows about us -- "Lo (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition) FRE
G. Bantock: Look to the Rose that blows about us -- "Lo

Meditation (I sometimes think that never blows so red ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition) - R. Dansie
Morning a thousand Roses brings, you say; (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
Myself when young (Myself when young did eagerly frequent ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition) - R. Dansie, R. Kent, M. Miller
Myself when young did eagerly frequent (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
R. Dansie, R. Kent, M. Miller: Myself when young
G. Bantock, E. Diemer, L. Lehmann: Myself when young did eagerly frequent

Nay, but, for terror of his wrathful Face (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
No more of thee and me (There was the Door to which I found no Key: ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition) - P. Tranchell
None answer'd this; but after Silence spake (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
D. Murray: None answer'd this; but after Silence spake

Now the New Year reviving old Desires (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition) ITA
L. Lehmann, G. Bantock: Now the New Year reviving old Desires

Nuit. Silence. Immobilité d'une branche *
J. Cras: Nuit. Silence. Immobilité d'une branche

O maan van my geniet (O maan van my geniet) - H. Swanson ENG [x]
O maan van my geniet ENG [x]
H. Swanson: O maan van my geniet

O thou who didst with pitfall and with gin (Oh, Thou, who didst with Pitfall and with Gin ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition) - T. Adès
Oh, come with old Khayyám, and leave the Wise (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition) FRE
Oh if the World were but to re-create (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
Oh, plagued no more with Human or Divine (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
Oh, Thou, who didst with Pitfall and with Gin (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
T. Adès: O thou who didst with pitfall and with gin
G. Bantock: Oh, Thou, who didst with Pitfall and with Gin

Oh, Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
G. Bantock, G. Bantock: Oh, Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make

Oh, threats of hell (Oh threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise! ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition) - P. Hindemith
Oh threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise! (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
P. Hindemith: Oh, threats of hell
E. Sonntag: I sent my Soul through the Invisible
G. Bantock: Oh threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise!

Oh! Vien avec le vieux Khayyám (Oh! Vien avec le vieux Khayyám) - F. Mignone ENG (Text: after Hakim Omar Khayyám) [x]
Oh! Vien avec le vieux Khayyám ENG (Text: after Hakim Omar Khayyám) [x]
F. Mignone: Oh! Vien avec le vieux Khayyám

One Moment in Annihilation's Waste (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
Perplext no more with Human or Divine (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition)
G. Bantock: Perplext no more with Human or Divine

Persian love song (Alas! that Spring should vanish with the Rose! ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition) - F. Bibb
Pourquoi (from Robaiyat) - C. Brouard [x]
Pourquoi tant de douceur, de tendresse *
J. Cras: Pourquoi tant de douceur, de tendresse

Quand tu chancelles sous le poids de la douleur *
J. Cras: Quand tu chancelles sous le poids de la douleur

Regarde la rose qui fleurit près de nous (Regarde la rose qui fleurit près de nous) - F. Mignone ENG (Text: after Hakim Omar Khayyám) [x]
Regarde la rose qui fleurit près de nous ENG (Text: after Hakim Omar Khayyám) [x]
F. Mignone: Regarde la rose qui fleurit près de nous

Reverie (Lo, some we loved, the loveliest and best ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition) - R. Dansie
Said one -- "Folks of a surly Master tell (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
D. Murray: Said one -- "Folks of a surly Tapster tell

Said one -- "Folks of a surly Tapster tell (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
D. Murray: Said one -- "Folks of a surly Tapster tell

Said one among them -- "Surely not in vain," (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
Said one among them -- "Surely not in vain (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition)
G. Bantock: Said one among them -- "Surely not in vain

Said one of them -- "Surely not in vain (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition)
Serviteurs, n'apportez pas les lampes *
J. Cras: Serviteurs, n'apportez pas les lampes

Shapes of all Sorts and Sizes, great and small (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition)
G. Bantock: Shapes of all Sorts and Sizes, great and small

So when at last the Angel of the drink (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
So when that Angel of the darker Drink (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition)
G. Bantock, J. Rogers: So when that Angel of the darker Drink
L. Lehmann: As then the Tulip for her morning sup

So when the Angel of the darker Drink (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition)
G. Bantock, J. Rogers: So when that Angel of the darker Drink
L. Lehmann: As then the Tulip for her morning sup

So while the Vessels one by one were speaking (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
G. Bantock: So while the Vessels one by one were speaking

Some for the Glories of This World; and some (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
G. Bantock: Some for the Glories of This World; and some

Song from Omar Khayyám (Alike are those who for TO-DAY prepare ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition) - V. Harris
Song from the Rubáiyát (Wake! For the Sun who scatter'd into flight ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition) - A. Foote
Strange, is it not, that of the myriads who (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
L. Lehmann: They say the Lion and the Lizard keep
G. Bantock: Strange, is it not, that of the myriads who

Sur la Terre, bariolée (Sur la Terre, bariolée, chemine quelqu'un qui n'est ni musulman ) (from Robaiyat) - C. Brouard
Sur la Terre, bariolée, chemine quelqu'un qui n'est ni musulman (from Robaiyat)
C. Brouard: Sur la Terre, bariolée

That ev'n my buried Ashes such a Snare (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
G. Bantock: That ev'n my buried Ashes such a Snare

The Ball no Question makes of Ayes and Noes (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
G. Bantock: The Ball no Question makes of Ayes and Noes

The Grape that can with Logic absolute (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
G. Bantock: The Grape that can with Logic absolute

The mighty Mahmúd, Allah-breathing Lord (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
G. Bantock: The mighty Mahmúd, Allah-breathing Lord

The mighty Mahmúd, the victorious Lord (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
The Moving Finger writes (The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition) - R. Clarke
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
R. Clarke: The Moving Finger writes
G. Bantock, D. Murray, J. Rogers: The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ

The Palace that to Heav'n his pillars threw (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
The Revelations of Devout and Learn'd (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
G. Bantock: The Revelations of Devout and Learn'd

The Vine had struck a Fibre; which about (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
G. Bantock: The Vine had struck a Fibre; which about

The worldly hope (The worldly hope men set their Hearts upon ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition) - M. Miller FRE
The worldly hope men set their Hearts upon (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition) FRE
M. Miller: The worldly hope
G. Bantock, L. Lehmann: The worldly hope men set their Hearts upon

Then of the THEE IN ME who works behind (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
Then of the THEE IN ME who works behind (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition)
G. Bantock: Then of the THEE IN ME who works behind

Then said a Second -- "Ne'er a peevish Boy (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition)
G. Bantock: Then said a Second -- "Ne'er a peevish Boy

Then said another -- "Surely not in vain (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
Then said another with a long-drawn Sigh (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
Then to the Lip (Then to the Lip of this poor earthen Urn ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition) - M. Miller
Then to the Lip of this poor earthen Urn (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
M. Miller: Then to the Lip
G. Bantock: Then to the Lip of this poor earthen Urn

Then to the rolling Heav'n itself I cried, Asking (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
Then to this earthen Bowl did I adjourn (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
There was a Door to which I found no Key: (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
E. Diemer: There was a Door to which I found no Key:

There was the door (There was the Door to which I found no Key: ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition) - F. Ahrold
There was the Door to which I found no Key: (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
P. Tranchell: No more of thee and me
G. Bantock: There was the Door to which I found no Key:
F. Ahrold: There was the door

They say the Lion and the Lizard keep (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
G. Bantock, L. Lehmann: They say the Lion and the Lizard keep

Think, in this batter'd Caravanserai (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
G. Bantock: Think, in this batter'd Caravanserai
L. Lehmann: The worldly hope men set their Hearts upon

Thus with the Dead as with the Living, What? (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
'Tis all a Chequer-board of Nights and Days (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
'Tis but a Tent where takes his one-day's rest (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
G. Bantock: But that is but a Tent wherein may rest

Un peu de pain, un peu d'eau fraîche (Un peu de pain, un peu d'eau fraîche ) (from Robaiyat) - C. Brouard ENG
Un peu de pain, un peu d'eau fraîche (from Robaiyat) ENG
C. Brouard: Un peu de pain, un peu d'eau fraîche

Up from Earth's Centre through the Seventh Gate (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
G. Bantock: Up from Earth's Centre through the Seventh Gate

Verses from Omar (When you and I behind the veil are past ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition) - B. Lambord
Verses from 'The Rubāiyat of Omar Khayām (Bring wine, for wine alone may quench the fire ) - R. Quilter
Vijf kwatrijnen [song cycle] - W. Smalt [x]
Wake! For the Sun behind yon Eastern height (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
Wake! For the Sun that scatter'd into flight (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition)
A. Foote: Song from the Rubáiyát
L. Lehmann, G. Bantock, E. Sonntag: Wake! For the Sun who scatter'd into flight

Wake! For the Sun who scatter'd into flight (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition)
A. Foote: Song from the Rubáiyát
L. Lehmann, G. Bantock, E. Sonntag: Wake! For the Sun who scatter'd into flight

Waste not your hour! (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
L. Lehmann: Ah, fill the Cup: -- What boots it to repeat
G. Bantock: Waste not your hour!
L. Lehmann: The worldly hope men set their Hearts upon

Waste not your hour, nor in the vain pursuit (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
L. Lehmann: Ah, fill the Cup: -- What boots it to repeat
G. Bantock: Waste not your hour!
L. Lehmann: The worldly hope men set their Hearts upon

We are no other than a moving row (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
G. Bantock: We are no other than a moving row

Well, let it take them! What have we to do (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
Well, let it take them! What have we to do (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition)
Well, let it take them! What have we to do (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition)
G. Bantock: Well, let it take them! What have we to do

"Well," murmur'd one, "Let whoso make or buy (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition)
G. Bantock: "Well," murmur'd one, "Let whoso make or buy

"Well," said another, "Whoso will, let try (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
Were it not Folly, Spider-like to spin (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
What! from his helpless Creature be repaid (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
G. Bantock: What! from his helpless Creature be repaid

What! out of senseless Nothing to provoke (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
G. Bantock: What! out of senseless Nothing to provoke

What, without asking, hither hurried whence? (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
What, without asking, hither hurried Whence? (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
What, without asking, hither hurried Whence? (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition)
G. Bantock: What, without asking, hither hurried Whence?

When you and I (When you and I behind the veil are past ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition) - H. Kerr
When you and I behind the veil are past (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
L. Lehmann, G. Bantock: When you and I behind the veil are past
H. Kerr: When you and I
B. Lambord: Verses from Omar

Whereat some one of the loquacious Lot -- (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition)
Whereat some one of the loquacious Lot -- (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition)
G. Bantock: Whereat some one of the loquacious Lot --

Whether at Naishápür or Babylon (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
L. Lehmann, E. Sonntag, G. Bantock: Whether at Naishápür or Babylon

While the Rose blows along the River Brink (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
Whither resorting from the vernal Heat (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
Who knows (Alas! that Spring should vanish with the Rose! ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition) - M. Wald, W. Stickles
Whose secret Presence, through Creation's veins (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
G. Bantock: Whose secret Presence, through Creation's veins

Why, all the Saints and Sages who discuss'd (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
L. Lehmann: Myself when young did eagerly frequent
G. Bantock: Why, all the Saints and Sages who discuss'd

Why, be this Juice the growth of God, who dare (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
G. Bantock: Why, be this Juice the growth of God, who dare

Why, if the Soul can fling the Dust aside (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
Why, if the Soul can fling the Dust aside (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition)
L. Lehmann, G. Bantock: But if the Soul can fling the Dust aside

"Why," said another, "Some there are who tell (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition)
G. Bantock: "Why," said another, "Some there are who tell

With Earth's first Clay They did the Last Man knead (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
G. Bantock: With Earth's first Clay They did the Last Man knead

With me along some Strip of Herbage strown (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
With me along the strip of Herbage strown (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
G. Bantock: With me along the strip of Herbage strown

With them the Seed of Wisdom did I sow (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
G. Bantock, E. Diemer: With them the Seed of Wisdom did I sow
L. Lehmann: Myself when young did eagerly frequent

Would but some winged Angel ere too late (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition)
G. Bantock: Would but some winged Angel ere too late

Would but the Desert of the Fountain yield (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
G. Bantock: Would but the Desert of the Fountain yield

Would you that spangle of Existence spend (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
G. Bantock: Would you that spangle of Existence spend

Yesterday This Day's Madness did prepare; (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
G. Bantock: Yesterday This Day's Madness did prepare;

Yet ah, that spring should vanish (Alas! that Spring should vanish with the Rose! ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition) - A. Whiting
Yet Ah! that Spring should vanish with the Rose! (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
A. Whiting: Yet ah, that spring should vanish
W. Harrington, C. Cohn: Alas, that spring should vanish
L. Lehmann, L. Lehmann, G. Bantock, J. Rogers, P. Sacco: Alas! that Spring should vanish with the Rose!
F. Bibb: Persian love song
M. Wald, W. Stickles: Who knows

Yon rising moon (Yon rising Moon that looks for us again -- ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition) - H. Kerr
Yon rising Moon that looks for us again (Yon rising Moon that looks for us again -- ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition) - P. Stearns
Yon rising Moon that looks for us again -- (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition)
H. Kerr: Yon rising moon
E. Sonntag, G. Bantock: Yon rising Moon that looks for us again --
P. Stearns: Yon rising Moon that looks for us again

You know, my Friends, how bravely in my House (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition)
You know, my Friends, how long since in my House (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition)
You know, my Friends, with what a brave Carouse (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition)
G. Bantock: You know, my Friends, with what a brave Carouse

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