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THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 66 by OMAR KHAYYAM

First Line: I SENT MY SOUL THROUGH THE INVISIBLE
Last Line: "AND ANSWERED, ""I MYSELF AM HEAVEN AND HELL:"
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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