Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia; . s. My Youth lies buried in thy verses : lo,I read, and as the haunted numbers flow, My Memory turns in anguish to the FaceThat leaned oer Omars pages long ago. Alas for me, alas for all who weep And wonder at the Silence dark and deep That girdles round this little Lamp in spaceNo wiser than when Omar fell asleep. Rest in thy Grave beneath the crimson rainOf heart-desired Roses. Life is vain, And vain the trembling Legends we may traceUpon the open Book that shuts again.

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