Omar Khayyam: Citations en anglais
“Ah, but my Computations, People say,
Reduced the Year to better reckoning?”
Khayyám measured the length of the year as 365.24219858156 days;
see Quotes about Khayyám below
Source: The Rubaiyat (1120)
Contexte: Nay
'Twas only striking from the Calendar
Unborn To-morrow, and dead Yesterday.
“Ah, my Belov'ed fill the Cup that clears
To-day Past Regrets and Future Fears:
To-morrow!”
Why, To-morrow I may be
Myself with Yesterday's Sev'n Thousand Years.
Source: The Rubaiyat (1120)
