Living
XLI
From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Living
For "IS" and "IS-NOT" though with Rule and Line,
And, "UP-AND-DOWN" without, I could define,
I yet in all I only cared to know,
Was never deep in anything but--Wine.
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FitzGerald, Edward. “XLI.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/21/.
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FitzGerald, Edward. “XLI.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/21/.
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