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A poem from by omar khayyam from the 11th century
The rubaiyat - omar khayyam - 11th century It contain ~80 verses, each with wise counsel. One of my professors from school liked to quote the verse below to explian the arrow of time. The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it. the rubaiyat - omar khayyam - 11th century |
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A quantrain (four line poem-type deal). Each Morn a thousand Roses brings, you say;
Yes, but where leaves the Rose of Yesterday? And this first Summer month that brings the Rose Shall take Jamshyd and Kaikobad away. |
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