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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 32, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poet's Biography
First Line: There was the door to which I found no key
Last Line: There was--and then no more of thee and me.
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
First Line: There was the door to which I found no key
Last Line: There was--and then no more of thee and me.
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
There was the Door to which I found no Key;
There was the Veil through which I might not see:
Some little talk awhile of Me and Thee
There was--and then no more of Thee and Me.
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