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THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 12 by OMAR KHAYYAM

First Line: A BOOK OF VERSES UNDERNEATH THE BOUGH
Last Line: OH, WILDERNESS WERE PARADISE ENOW!
Subject(s): LOVE; TIME; WOMEN;

A Book of Verses underneath the Bough,
A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread -- and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness --
Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!



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