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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 76, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poet's Biography
First Line: The vine had struck a fiber; which about
Last Line: That shall unlock the door he howls without.
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
First Line: The vine had struck a fiber; which about
Last Line: That shall unlock the door he howls without.
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
The Vine had struck a fibre; which about
If clings my Being--let the Dervish flout:
Of my Base metal may be filed a Key
That shall unlock the Door he howls without.
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