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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 53, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poet's Biography
First Line: But if in vain, down on the stubborn floor
Last Line: To-morrow, when you shall be you no more?
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
First Line: But if in vain, down on the stubborn floor
Last Line: To-morrow, when you shall be you no more?
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
But if in vain, down on the stubborn floor
Of Earth, and up to Heaven's unopening Door,
You gaze To-day, while You are You -- how then
To-morrow, when You shall be You no more?
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