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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 30, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poet's Biography
First Line: What, without asking, hither hurried whence?
Last Line: Must drown the memory of that insolence!
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
First Line: What, without asking, hither hurried whence?
Last Line: Must drown the memory of that insolence!
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
What, without asking, hither hurried Whence?
And, without asking, Whither hurried hence!
Oh, many a Cup of this forbidden Wine
Must drown the memory of that insolence!
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