Ref.: O. 47, L. 299, B. 226, C. 123, S.P. 105, P. 51, T. 99.—W. 134, N. 105, E.C. 2, V. 236.
If closer reference for line 3 be required, it may be found in N. 18, ll. 3 and 4.
Whether our Saki holds the neck of the bottle in his hand,
Or the soul of wine oozes over the rim of the cup.
Ref.: L. 35, B. 32, S.P. 18.—W. 21, N. 18, V. 33.
«The leaves of life» recur constantly either as leaves of a tree, or of a book. FitzGerald's inspiration comes from C. 377, ll. 1 and 2. (Vide also sub. No. 9.)
At the moment when I flee from destiny,
And fall like the leaf of the vine, from the branch.
Ref.: C. 377, L. 574, B. 567, S.P. 265, B. ii. 353, T. 249.—W. 309, N. 266, V. 614.
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.