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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 65, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poet's Biography
First Line: The revelations of devout and learned
Last Line: They told their comrades, and to sleep returned.
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
First Line: The revelations of devout and learned
Last Line: They told their comrades, and to sleep returned.
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
The Revelations of Devout and Learned
Who rose before us, and as Prophets burned,
Are all but Stories, which awoke from Sleep
They told their comrades, and to Sleep returned.
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