Nature
I.
From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Nature
WAKE! For the Sun, who scatter'd into flight
The Stars before him from the Field of Night,
Drives Night along with them from Heav'n, and strikes
The Sultan's Turret with a Shaft of Light.
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FitzGerald, Edward. “I.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/37/.
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FitzGerald, Edward. “I.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/37/.
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