Living
LXXVI
From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Living
The Vine had struck a fiber: which about
If clings my Being--let the Dervish flout;
Of my Base metal may be filed a Key
That shall unlock the Door he howls without.
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FitzGerald, Edward. “LXXVI.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/76/.
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FitzGerald, Edward. “LXXVI.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/76/.
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