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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 77, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poet's Biography
First Line: And this I know: whether the one true light
Last Line: Better than in the temple lost outright.
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
First Line: And this I know: whether the one true light
Last Line: Better than in the temple lost outright.
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
And this I know: whether the one True Light
Kindle to Love, or Wrath consume me quite,
One Flash of It within the Tavern caught
Better than in the Temple lost outright.
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