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THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 59 by OMAR KHAYYAM

First Line: THE GRAPE THAT CAN WITH LOGIC ABSOLUTE
Last Line: LIFE'S LEADEN METAL INTO GOLD TRANSMUTE;
Subject(s): TIME;

The Grape, that can with Logic absolute
The Two-and-Seventy jarring Sects confute;
The sovereign Alchemist that in a trice
Life's leaden metal into Gold transmute;



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