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THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 47 by OMAR KHAYYAM

First Line: WHEN YOU AND I BEHIND THE VEIL ARE PAST
Last Line: AS THE SEA'S SELF SHOULD HEED A PEBBLE-EAST.
Subject(s): TIME;
When You and I behind the Veil are past,
Oh, but the long, long while the World shall last,
Which of our Coming and Departure heeds
As the Sea's self should heed a pebble-east.


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