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THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 33 by OMAR KHAYYAM

First Line: EARTH COULD NOT ANSWER; NOR THE SEAS THAT MOURN
Last Line: AND HIDDEN BY THE SLEEVE OF NIGHT AND MORN.
Subject(s): TIME;

Earth could not answer; nor the Seas that mourn
In flowing Purple, of their Lord forlorn;
Nor rolling Heaven, with all his Signs revealed
And hidden by the sleeve of Night and Morn.



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