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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 87, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poet's Biography
First Line: Whereat some one of the loquacious lot
Last Line: "who is the potter, pray, and who the pot?"
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
First Line: Whereat some one of the loquacious lot
Last Line: "who is the potter, pray, and who the pot?"
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
Whereat some one of the loquacious Lot--
I think a Suffi pipkin -- waxing hot--
"All this of Pot and Potter -- Tell me, then,
Who is the Potter, pray, and who the Pot?"
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