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THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 49 by OMAR KHAYYAM

First Line: WOULD YOU THAT SPANGLE OF EXISTENCE SPEND
Last Line: AND UPON WHAT, PRITHEE, MAY LIFE DEPEND?
Subject(s): FREEDOM; TIME; LIBERTY;

Would you that spangle of Existence spend
About the secret -- quick about it, Friend!
A Hair perhaps divides the False and True--
And upon what, prithee, may life depend?



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