Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 48, by OMAR KHAYYAM


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THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 48, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A moment's halt - a momentary taste
Last Line: The nothing it set out from -- oh, make haste!
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Freedom; Time; Liberty


A Moment's Halt -- a momentary taste
Of Being from the Well amid the Waste--
And Lo! -- the phantom Caravan has reached
The Nothing it set out from -- Oh, make haste!




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