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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 41, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poet's Biography
First Line: Perplext no more with human or divine
Last Line: The cypress-slender minister of wine.
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
First Line: Perplext no more with human or divine
Last Line: The cypress-slender minister of wine.
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
Perplext no more with Human or Divine,
To-morrow's tangle to the winds resign,
And lose your fingers in the tresses of
The Cypress-slender Minister of Wine.
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