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THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 77 by OMAR KHAYYAM

First Line: AND THIS I KNOW: WHETHER THE ONE TRUE LIGHT
Last Line: BETTER THAN IN THE TEMPLE LOST OUTRIGHT.
Subject(s): TIME;

And this I know: whether the one True Light
Kindle to Love, or Wrath consume me quite,
One Flash of It within the Tavern caught
Better than in the Temple lost outright.



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