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THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 72 by OMAR KHAYYAM

First Line: AND THAT INVERTED BOWL THEY CALL THE SKY
Last Line: AS IMPOTENTLY MOVES AS YOU OR I.
Subject(s): TIME;
And that inverted Bowl they call the Sky,
Whereunder crawling cooped we live and die,
Lift not your hands to It for help -- for It
As impotently moves as you or I.


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