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THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 100 by OMAR KHAYYAM

First Line: YON RISING MOON THAT LOOKS FOR US AGAIN
Last Line: THROUGH THIS SAME GARDEN -- AND FOR ONE IN VAIN!
Subject(s): TIME;

Yon rising Moon that looks for us again--
How oft hereafter will she wax and wane;
How oft hereafter rising look for us
Through this same Garden -- and for one in vain!



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