VI.

 And David's lips are lockt; but in divine
 High-piping Pehlevi, with "Wine! Wine! Wine!
   "Red Wine!"--the Nightingale cries to the Rose
 That sallow cheek of hers to' incarnadine.


VII.

 Come, fill the Cup, and in the fire of Spring
 Your Winter garment of Repentance fling:
   The Bird of Time has but a little way
 To flutter--and the Bird is on the Wing.


VIII.

 Whether at Naishapur or Babylon,
 Whether the Cup with sweet or bitter run,
   The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop,
 The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one.


IX.

 Each Morn a thousand Roses brings, you say:
 Yes, but where leaves the Rose of Yesterday?
   And this first Summer month that brings the Rose
 Shall take Jamshyd and Kaikobad away.


X.

 Well, let it take them!  What have we to do
 With Kaikobad the Great, or Kaikhosru?
   Let Zal and Rustum bluster as they will,
 Or Hatim call to Supper--heed not you.