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!
The Rubaiyat (1120)
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!
The Rubaiyat (1120)