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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 51, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poet's Biography
First Line: Whose secret presence, through creation's veins
Last Line: They change and perish all--but he remains:
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Freedom; Time; Liberty
First Line: Whose secret presence, through creation's veins
Last Line: They change and perish all--but he remains:
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Freedom; Time; Liberty
Whose secret Presence, through Creation's veins
Running Quicksilver-like, eludes your pains;
Taking all shapes from Mah to Mahi; and
They change and perish all--but He remains:
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