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THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 97 by OMAR KHAYYAM

First Line: WOULD BUT THE DESERT OF THE FOUNTAIN YIELD
Last Line: AS SPRINGS THE TRAMPLED HERBAGE OF THE FIELD!
Subject(s): TIME;
Would but the Desert of the Fountain yield
One glimpse--if dimly, yet indeed revealed,
To which the fainting Traveller might spring,
As springs the trampled herbage of the field!


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