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THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 68 by OMAR KHAYYAM

First Line: WE ARE NO OTHER THAN A MOVING ROW
Last Line: IN MIDNIGHT BY THE MASTER OF THE SHOW;
Subject(s): RELIGION; TIME; THEOLOGY;

We are no other than a moving row
Of Magic Shadow-shapes that come and go
Round with the Sun-illumined Lantern held
In Midnight by the Master of the Show;



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