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THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 80 by OMAR KHAYYAM

First Line: OH THOU, WHO DIDST WITH PITFALL AND WITH GIN
Last Line: ENMESH AND THEN IMPUTE MY FALL TO SIN!
Subject(s): TIME;
Oh Thou, who didst with pitfall and with gin
Beset the Road I was to wander in,
Thou wilt not with Predestined Evil round
Enmesh and then impute my Fall to Sin!


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