
The Rubaiyat (1120)
St. 2.
Ulalume (1847)
The Rubaiyat (1120)
“I want to rid my heart of envy
And cleanse my soul of rage
Before I'm through.”
Wartime Prayers
Song lyrics, Surprise (2006)
Context: Because you cannot walk with the holy,
If you're just a halfway decent man.
But I don't pretend that I'm a mastermind
With a genius marketing plan.I'm trying to tap into some wisdom,
Even a little drop would do.
I want to rid my heart of envy
And cleanse my soul of rage
Before I'm through.
“I once loved a woman, a child I am told
I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul.”
Song lyrics, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963), Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
During the launching of his “Vrindaban Gurukul”, an institution for training in Indian classical music in Orissa. Quoted in A step forward in promotion of classical music, 22 March 2010, 19 December 2013, The Hindu http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/22/stories/2010032258300200.htm,
“O God, if there be a God, save my soul, if I have a soul.”
Quoting for posterity the remarks of an unnamed soldier at the Battle of Blenheim (13 August 1704), as reported by William King in Political and Literary Anecdotes of His Own Times http://books.google.com/books?id=ShklAAAAMAAJ&q=%22O+God+if+there+be+a+God+save+my+soul+if+I+have+a+soul%22&pg=PA8#v=onepage (1818)
“Thus heaven I’ve forfeited, I know it full well. My soul, once true to God, is chosen for hell.”
“The Pale Maiden” https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1837-pre/verse/verse24.htm (1837) ballad
"Do We Live Again?" an interview with Edison, as quoted in Mr. Edison's New Argument from Design" in The Illustrated London News (3 May 1924).
1920s