Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go,
Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum!
Source: The Rub?'iy?t of Omar Khayy?m, Edn. 1. 13
-- Edward Fitzgerald, (Mar 31 1809-1883), English poet, critic, translator; He is best known for the The Rub?iy?t of Omar Khayy?m.