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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 75, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poet's Biography
First Line: I tell you this - when, started from the goal
Last Line: In my predestined plot of dust and soul
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
First Line: I tell you this - when, started from the goal
Last Line: In my predestined plot of dust and soul
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
I tell you this -- When, started from the Goal,
Over the flaming shoulders of the Foal
Of Heaven Parwin and Mushtari they flung,
In my predestined Plot of Dust and Soul
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