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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 42, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poet's Biography
First Line: And if the wine you drink, the lip you press
Last Line: You were -- to-morrow you shall not be less.
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
First Line: And if the wine you drink, the lip you press
Last Line: You were -- to-morrow you shall not be less.
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
And if the Wine you drink, the Lip you press,
End in what All begins and ends in -- Yes;
Think then you are To-day what Yesterday
You were -- To-morrow you shall not be less.
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