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And when like her, O Sáki, you shall pass Among the Guests Star-scatter'd on the Grass, And in your blissful errand reach the spot Where I made One—turn down an empty Glass.

And when like her, O Sáki, you shall pass Among the Guests Star-scatter'd on the Grass, And in your blissful errand reach the spot Where I made One—turn down an empty Glass.

Approximate author period: c. 1089 AD · medieval

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Author or tradition
Omar Khayyám
Attribution: attributed
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1089 AD · medieval
Approximate author-period evidence for Omar Khayyam: life dates 1048 to 1131. Wikidata Q35900, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35900 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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Recorded source
Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)

Rubáiyát. Stanza ci.

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