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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 47, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poet's Biography
First Line: When you and I behind the veil are past
Last Line: As the sea's self should heed a pebble-east.
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
First Line: When you and I behind the veil are past
Last Line: As the sea's self should heed a pebble-east.
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
When You and I behind the Veil are past,
Oh, but the long, long while the World shall last,
Which of our Coming and Departure heeds
As the Sea's self should heed a pebble-east.
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