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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 34, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poet's Biography
First Line: Then of the thee in me who works behind
Last Line: "as from without -- ""the me within time blind!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
First Line: Then of the thee in me who works behind
Last Line: "as from without -- ""the me within time blind!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
Then of the THEE IN ME who works behind
The Veil, I lifted up my hands to find
A lamp amid the Darkness; and I heard,
As from Without -- "The Me within Time Blind!"
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