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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 71, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poet's Biography
First Line: The moving finger writes; and, having writ
Last Line: Nor all your tears wash out a word of it.
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
First Line: The moving finger writes; and, having writ
Last Line: Nor all your tears wash out a word of it.
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
The Moving Finger writes; and having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.
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