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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 58, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poet's Biography
First Line: And lately, by the tarvern door agape
Last Line: E bid me taste of it; and 't was -- the grape!
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
First Line: And lately, by the tarvern door agape
Last Line: E bid me taste of it; and 't was -- the grape!
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
And lately, by the Tavern Door agape,
Came shining through the Dusk an Angel Shape
Bearing a Vessel on his Shoulder; and
e bid me taste of it; and 't was -- the Grape!
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