Living
LXXIV
From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Living
YESTERDAY This Day's Madness did prepare;
TO-MORROW's Silence, Triumph, or Despair:
Drink! for you not know whence you came, nor why:
Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.
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FitzGerald, Edward. “LXXIV.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/75/.
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FitzGerald, Edward. “LXXIV.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/75/.
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