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THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 71 by OMAR KHAYYAM

First Line: THE MOVING FINGER WRITES; AND, HAVING WRIT
Last Line: NOR ALL YOUR TEARS WASH OUT A WORD OF IT.
Subject(s): TIME;

The Moving Finger writes; and having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.



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