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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 66, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poet's Biography
First Line: I sent my soul through the invisible
Last Line: "and answered, ""I myself am heaven and hell:"
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
First Line: I sent my soul through the invisible
Last Line: "and answered, ""I myself am heaven and hell:"
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
I sent my Soul through the Invisible,
Some letter of that After-life to spell;
And by-and-by my Soul returned to me,
And answered, "I Myself am Heaven and Hell:"
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