And that inverted Bowl they call the Sky, Whereunder crawling cooped we live and die, Lift not your hands to It for help-for it As impotently moves as you or I
OMAR KHAYYAM
OMAR KHAYYAM
Omar Khayyam on death
Omar Khayyam92 quotes“And that inverted Bowl they call the Sky, Whereunder crawling cooped we live and die, Lift not your hands to It for help-for it As impotently moves as you or I”
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Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam The entire world shall be populous with that action which saves one soul from despair.
Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam To-day is thine to spend, but not to-morrow; Counting on morrows breedeth bankrupt sorrow: O squander not this breath that Heaven hath lent thee; Make not too sure another breath to borrow.
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