[SG] Fwd: [SG] [SHADEGARDENS] Hyacinths Poem

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• Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 00:42:36 EST

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• Subject: Re: [SG] [SHADEGARDENS] Hyacinths Poem
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• Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 18:37:16 EST

In a message dated 98-03-30 10:19:05 EST, you write:

<<
 I wonder if it could be from The Rubbaiyat of Omar Khayamm?  (I am unsure
 of my spelling.)

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Betty,
An interesting tie-in here. Edward Fitzgerald, in his poem "From Omar Khayyam"
wrote:

    I sometimes think that never blows so red
    The Rose as where some buried Caeser bled;
       That every Hyacinth the Garden wears
    Dropt in her lap from some once lovely Head.
  Clyde Crockett z5

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