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Edward Fitzgerald
Edward Fitzgerald
(31 March 1809 – 14 June 1883 / Suffolk / England)
Edward Fitzgerald Poems
| 1. | Bird Parliament (Translation Of) | 4/21/2010 |
| 2. | From Omar Khayyam | 1/4/2003 |
| 3. | Old Song | 1/4/2003 |
| 4. | The Meadows In Spring | 1/13/2003 |
| 5. | From The Rubáiyát Of Omar Khayyám, I: 1-3, V: 12-15, 19-24, 71-72 | 1/20/2003 |
| 6. | Rubáiyát Of Omar Khayyám | 1/1/2004 |
| 7. | On Anne Allen | 4/21/2010 |
| 8. | The Dream Called Life | 1/13/2003 |
Best Poem of Edward Fitzgerald
The Dream Called Life
From the Spanish of Pedro Calderon de la Barca
A dream it was in which I found myself.
And you that hail me now, then hailed me king,
In a brave palace that was all my own,
Within, and all without it, mine; until,
Drunk with excess of majesty and pride,
Methought I towered so big and swelled so wide
That of myself I burst the glittering bubble
Which my ambition had about me blown,
And all again was darkness. Such a dream
As this, in which I may be walking now,
Dispensing solemn justice to you shadows,
Who make believe to listen; but anon
Kings, ...
