Relationships
XLIX
From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Relationships
Would you that spangle of Existence spend
About THE SECRET--quick about it, Friend!
A Hair perhaps divides the False from True--
And upon what, prithee, may life depend?
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FitzGerald, Edward. “XLIX.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/60/.
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FitzGerald, Edward. “XLIX.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/60/.
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