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| Keywords: 086-did-the-Hand-then-of-the-Potter-shake-q75-1020x1401.jpg Did the Hand then of the Potter shake Omar Khayyam tr Edward Fitzgerald The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam 1905 1912 http //www fromoldbooks org/Fitzgerald-Rubaiyat/ 1905 1912 Adelaide Hanscom and Blanche Cumming fl 1902 - 1924 Creator Adelaide Hanscom PD-old A boy or young man kneels wearing only a loin-cloth he is bare-chested and barefoot He is a potter holding a cup LIX Listen again One Evening at the Close Of Ramazan ere the better Moon arose In that old Potter �s Shop I stood alone With the clay Population round in Rows LX And strange to tell among that Earthen Lot Some could articulate while others not And suddenly one more impatient cried � Who is the Potter pray and who the Pot LXI Then said another � Surely not in vain My Substance from the common Earth was ta �en That He who subtly wrought me into Shape Should stamp me back to common Earth again LXII Another said � Why ne �er a peevish Boy Would break the Bowl from which he drank in Joy; Shall He that made the Vessel in pure Love And Fancy in an after Rage destroy LXIII None answer �d this; but after Silence spake A Vessel of a more ungainly Make They sneer at me for learning all awry; What did the Hand then of the Potter shake LXIV Said one � Folk of a surly Tapster tell And daub his Visage with the Smoke of Hell; They talk of some strict Testing of us �Pish He �s a Good Fellow and �t will all be well The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Potters in art Barefoot males Male toplessness in art Loincloths in art Adelaide Hanscom | ||||
