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THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 67 by OMAR KHAYYAM

First Line: HEAVEN BUT THE VISION OF FULFILLED DESIRE
Last Line: SO LATE EMERGED FROM, SHALL SO SOON EXPIRE.
Subject(s): TIME;
Heaven but the Vision of fulfilled Desire,
And Hell the Shadow from a Soul on fire,
Cast on the Darkness into which Ourselves,
So late emerged from, shall so soon expire.


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