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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 72, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poet's Biography
First Line: And that inverted bowl they call the sky
Last Line: As impotently moves as you or I.
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
First Line: And that inverted bowl they call the sky
Last Line: As impotently moves as you or I.
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
And that inverted Bowl they call the Sky,
Whereunder crawling cooped we live and die,
Lift not your hands to It for help -- for It
As impotently moves as you or I.
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