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THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 78 by OMAR KHAYYAM

First Line: WHAT! OUT OF SENSELESS NOTHING TO PROVOKE
Last Line: OF EVERLASTING PENALTIES, IF BROKE,
Subject(s): TIME;
What! out of senseless Nothing to provoke
A conscious Something to resent the yoke
Of unpermitted Pleasure, under pain
Of Everlasting Penalties, if broke,


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