Living
LXXIX
From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Living
What! from his helpless Creature be repaid
Pure Gold for what he lent him dross-allay'd--
Sue for a Debt he never did contract,
And cannot answer--Oh the sorry trade!
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FitzGerald, Edward. “LXXIX.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/79/.
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FitzGerald, Edward. “LXXIX.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/79/.
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