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THE RUBAIYAT, 1889 EDITION: 57 by OMAR KHAYYAM

First Line: AH, BUT MY COMPUTATIONS, PEOPLE SAY
Last Line: UNBORN TO-MORROW, AND DEAD YESTERDAY.

Ah, but my Computations, People say,
Reduced the Year to better reckoning? -- Nay,
'T was only striking from the Calendar
Unborn To-morrow, and dead Yesterday.



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