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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 24, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poet's Biography
First Line: Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend
Last Line: Sans wine, sans song, sans singer, and -- sans end!
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Life Change Events; Time
First Line: Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend
Last Line: Sans wine, sans song, sans singer, and -- sans end!
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Life Change Events; Time
Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend,
Before we too into the Dust descend;
Dust into Dust and under Dust to lie,
Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and -- sans End!
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