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... fair to view , this form of man , I know not why the Heavenly Artisan Hath set these tulip cheeks and cypress forms To deck the mournful halls of earth's divan . C Be . 10. ( 17. ) So many cups of THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM . 33.
... fair to view , this form of man , I know not why the Heavenly Artisan Hath set these tulip cheeks and cypress forms To deck the mournful halls of earth's divan . C Be . 10. ( 17. ) So many cups of THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM . 33.
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... earth , and fire , and air . 12. ( 23. ) Quoth fish to duck , " " Twill be a sad affair If this brook leaves its channel dry and bare ; " To whom the duck , " When I am dead and roasted , The brook may mirage prove for aught I care ...
... earth , and fire , and air . 12. ( 23. ) Quoth fish to duck , " " Twill be a sad affair If this brook leaves its channel dry and bare ; " To whom the duck , " When I am dead and roasted , The brook may mirage prove for aught I care ...
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... earth , if they should cleave your breast , What store of buried jewels they would find ! 15. ( 26. ) My life lasts but a day or two , and fast Sweeps by , like torrent stream or desert blast , Howbeit , of two days I take no heed ...
... earth , if they should cleave your breast , What store of buried jewels they would find ! 15. ( 26. ) My life lasts but a day or two , and fast Sweeps by , like torrent stream or desert blast , Howbeit , of two days I take no heed ...
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... earth's dark bosom is his only home ; - Alas ! ' twere long to tell the doleful tale . 28. ( 49. ) In synagogue and cloister , mosque and school , Hell's terrors and heaven's lures men's bosoms rule ; But they who master Allah's ...
... earth's dark bosom is his only home ; - Alas ! ' twere long to tell the doleful tale . 28. ( 49. ) In synagogue and cloister , mosque and school , Hell's terrors and heaven's lures men's bosoms rule ; But they who master Allah's ...
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... earth to life , And trees gleam white with flowers , like Musa's hand . 69. ( 117. ) Alas for that cold heart , which never glows With love , nor e'er that charming madness knows ; The days misspent with no redeeming love ; - No days ...
... earth to life , And trees gleam white with flowers , like Musa's hand . 69. ( 117. ) Alas for that cold heart , which never glows With love , nor e'er that charming madness knows ; The days misspent with no redeeming love ; - No days ...
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