Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia; . LXXXVI After a momentary silence spakeSome Vessel of a more ungainly make : They sneer at me for leaning all awry:What! did the Hand then of the Potter shake? LXXXVII Whereat some one of the loquacious Lot —I think a Sufi pipkin — waxing hot — All this of Pot and Potter —Tell me then,Who is the Potter, pray, and who the Pot ? LXXXVIII Why, said another, Some there are who tellOf one who threatens he will toss to Hell The luckless Pots he marrd in making — Pish ! s a Good Fellow, and t will all be

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