"A book of verses underneath the bough,
A jug of wine, a loaf of bread - and thou."

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✒️ #EdwardFitzgerald, England, writer (translator of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam), was #BOTD 31 March 1809. #Poetry #Literature

A Book of Verses underneath the Bough,
A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread – and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness –
Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!

Poems: mypoeticside.com/poets/edward...

✒️ #EdwardFitzGerald, English poet, #DOTD 14 June 1883. #Poetry #Literature

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"A book of verses underneath the bough,
A jug of wine, a loaf of bread - and thou."

Poems: mypoeticside.com/poets/edward...

✒ #EdwardFitzgerald, English writer (translator of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam), was #BOTD 31 March 1809. #Poetry #Literature