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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 29, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poet's Biography
First Line: Into this universe, and why not knowing
Last Line: I know not whither, willy-nilly blowing.
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
First Line: Into this universe, and why not knowing
Last Line: I know not whither, willy-nilly blowing.
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
Into this Universe, and Why not knowing,
Nor Whence, like Water willy-nilly flowing;
And out of it, as Wind along the Waste,
I know not Whither, willy-nilly blowing.
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