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THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 86 by OMAR KHAYYAM

First Line: AFTER A MOMENTARY SILENCE SPAKE
Last Line: "WHAT! DID THE HAND THEN OF THE POTTER SHAKE?"
Subject(s): TIME;
After a momentary silence spake
Some Vessel of a more ungainly Make:--
"They sneer at me for leaning all awry:
What! did the Hand then of the Potter shake?"


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