Nature
XXXVIII
From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Nature
One Moment in Annihilation's Waste,
One moment, of the Well of Life to taste--
The Stars are setting, and the Caravan
Starts for the dawn of Nothing--Oh, make haste!
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