Love
XCIX
From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Love
Ah Love! could you and I with Him conspire
To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire,
Would not we shatter it to bits--and then
Re-mold it nearer to the Heart's Desire!
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FitzGerald, Edward. “XCIX.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/99/.
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FitzGerald, Edward. “XCIX.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/99/.
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