Quote#Love
Ah, Love! could you and I with Him conspire
Quote byEdward FitzGerald · 1809–1883
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, XCIX (5th ed. 1889).
English (original)
Ah, Love! could you and I with Him conspire To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire, Would not we shatter it to bits — and then Re-mould it nearer to the Heart's Desire!
— Edward FitzGerald
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