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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUBAIYAT, 1889 EDITION: 19, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poet's Biography
First Line: I sometimes think that never blows so red
Last Line: Dropt in her lap from some once lovely head.
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Flowers
First Line: I sometimes think that never blows so red
Last Line: Dropt in her lap from some once lovely head.
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Flowers
I sometimes think that never blows so red
The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled;
That every Hyacinth the Garden wears
Dropt in her Lap from some once lovely Head.
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