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THE RUBAIYAT, 1889 EDITION: 74 by OMAR KHAYYAM

First Line: YESTERDAY THIS DAY'S MADNESS DID PREPARE
Last Line: DRINK! FOR YOU KNOW NOT WHY YOU GO, NOR WHERE.

Yesterday This Day's Madness did prepare;
To-morrow's Silence, Triumph, or Despair:
Drink! for you know not whence you came, nor why;
Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.



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