And when Thyself with shining foot shall pass
Among the guests star-scattered on the grass,
And in thy joyous errand reach the spot
Where I made one—turn down an empty glass!
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) st. 75; 'And when like her, O Saki, you shall pass / Among the guests star-scattered on the grass / And in your joyous errand reach…' in 4th ed., (1879) st. 101
