Taste is the feminine of genius.
Edward FitzGerald Quotes
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!
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| Birth: | 31st March, 1809 |
| Death: | 14th June, 1883 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Poet, Writer |
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Edward Marlborough FitzGerald was born in Woodbridge, Suffolk, U.K. He was an English poet and writer, best known as the poet of the first and most famous English translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. He was educated at the King Edward VI Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
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