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RUBÁIYÁT
OF
OMAR KHAYYÁM OF NAISHÁPÚR.
I.
Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight:1
And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught
The Sultán's Turret in a Noose of Light.
II.
I heard a Voice within the Tavern cry,
"Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup
"Before Life's Liquor in its Cup be dry."
III.
The Tavern shouted—"Open then the Door!
"You know how little while we have to stay,
"And, once departed, may return no more."