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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 80, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh thou, who didst with pitfall and with gin
Last Line: Enmesh and then impute my fall to sin!
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
First Line: Oh thou, who didst with pitfall and with gin
Last Line: Enmesh and then impute my fall to sin!
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
Oh Thou, who didst with pitfall and with gin
Beset the Road I was to wander in,
Thou wilt not with Predestined Evil round
Enmesh and then impute my Fall to Sin!
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