omar khayyám

XIV

The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon
Turns Ashes - or it propsers; and anon,
Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face
Lighting a little Hour or two - is gone.

XV

And thsoe who husbanded the Golden Grain,
And those who flung it to the Winds like Rain,
Alike to no such aureate Earth are turn'd
As, buried once, Men want dug up again.