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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 86, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poet's Biography
First Line: After a momentary silence spake
Last Line: "what! Did the hand then of the potter shake?"
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
First Line: After a momentary silence spake
Last Line: "what! Did the hand then of the potter shake?"
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
After a momentary silence spake
Some Vessel of a more ungainly Make:--
"They sneer at me for leaning all awry:
What! did the Hand then of the Potter shake?"
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