Living

XXXII

by Edward FitzGerald 1809–1883

From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Living

There was the Door to which I found no Key;
There was the Veil through which I might not see:
Some little talk awhile of ME and THEE
There was--and then no more of THEE and ME.

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FitzGerald, Edward. “XXXII.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/52/.

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