“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.”

About Edward FitzGerald

Poet • British

Edward FitzGerald was an English poet and writer, best known for his celebrated 1859 translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Born in Suffolk, England, he lived a reclusive life of literary leisure, dedicated to his...