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THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 49, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Would you that spangle of existence spend
Last Line: And upon what, prithee, may life depend?
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Freedom; Time; Liberty


Would you that spangle of Existence spend
About the secret -- quick about it, Friend!
A Hair perhaps divides the False and True--
And upon what, prithee, may life depend?




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