Description086-did-the-Hand-then-of-the-Potter-shake-q75-1020x1401.jpg	Did the Hand then of the Potter shake
Date	1905, 1912
Source	Omar Khayyam, tr. Edward Fitzgerald: “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam” (1905, 1912) [1]
Author	Adelaide Hanscom and Blanche Cumming (fl. 1902 - 1924). Adelaide Hanscom Leeson  (1875–1931)     Alternative names Adelaide Hanscom Description American photographer and painter Date of birth/death 25 November 1875  19 November 1931  Location of birth/death Coos Bay Pasadena Authority file : Q1875363 VIAF: 30870981 ISNI: 0000000108141105 ULAN: 500068197 LCCN: n81141882 Open Library: OL1597863A WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q1875363
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Summary

A boy or young man kneels, wearing only a loin-cloth: he is bare-chested and barefoot. He is a potter, holding a cup.

LIX

“Listen again. One Evening at the Close

Of Ramazan, ere the better Moon arose,

In that old Potter’s Shop I stood alone

With the clay Population round in Rows.

LX

And, strange to tell, among that Earthen Lot

Some could articulate, while others not:

And suddenly one more impatient cried—

“Who *is* the Potter, pray, and who the Pot?”

LXI

Then said another—“Surely not in vain

“My Substance from the common Earth was ta’en,

“That He who subtly wrought me into Shape

“Should stamp me back to common Earth again.”

LXII

Another said—“Why, ne’er a peevish Boy,

“Would break the Bowl from which he drank in Joy;

“Shall He that *made* the Vessel in pure Love

“And Fancy, in an after Rage destroy!”

LXIII

None answer’d this; but after Silence spake

A Vessel of a more ungainly Make:

“They sneer at me for learning all awry;

“What! did the Hand then of the Potter shake?”

LXIV

Said one—“Folk of a surly Tapster tell

“And daub his Visage with the Smoke of Hell;

“They talk of some strict Testing of us—Pish!

“He’s a Good Fellow, and ’t will all be well.”