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THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 53 by OMAR KHAYYAM

First Line: BUT IF IN VAIN, DOWN ON THE STUBBORN FLOOR
Last Line: TO-MORROW, WHEN YOU SHALL BE YOU NO MORE?
Subject(s): TIME;
But if in vain, down on the stubborn floor
Of Earth, and up to Heaven's unopening Door,
You gaze To-day, while You are You -- how then
To-morrow, when You shall be You no more?


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