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THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 81 by OMAR KHAYYAM

First Line: OH THOU, WHO MAN OF BASER EARTH DID MAKE
Last Line: IS BLACKENED -- MAN'S FORGIVENESS GIVE-- AND TAKE!
Subject(s): TIME;

Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make,
And e'en with Paradise devise the Snake:
For all the Sin wherewith the Face of Man
Is blackened -- Man's forgiveness give-- and take!



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