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THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 85 by OMAR KHAYYAM

First Line: THEN SAID A SECOND - 'NE'ER A PEEVISH BOY'
Last Line: "WILL SURELY NOT IN AFTER WRATH DESTROY."
Subject(s): TIME;
Then said a Second -- "Ne'er a peevish Boy
Would break the Bowl from which he drank in joy;
And He that with his hand the Vessel made
Will surely not in after Wrath destroy."


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