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THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 29 by OMAR KHAYYAM

First Line: INTO THIS UNIVERSE, AND WHY NOT KNOWING
Last Line: I KNOW NOT WHITHER, WILLY-NILLY BLOWING.
Subject(s): TIME;
Into this Universe, and Why not knowing,
Nor Whence, like Water willy-nilly flowing;
And out of it, as Wind along the Waste,
I know not Whither, willy-nilly blowing.


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