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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 33, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poet's Biography
First Line: Earth could not answer; nor the seas that mourn
Last Line: And hidden by the sleeve of night and morn.
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
First Line: Earth could not answer; nor the seas that mourn
Last Line: And hidden by the sleeve of night and morn.
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
Earth could not answer; nor the Seas that mourn
In flowing Purple, of their Lord forlorn;
Nor rolling Heaven, with all his Signs revealed
And hidden by the sleeve of Night and Morn.
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