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Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night

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Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night by Omar Khayyam

Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night
Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight:
And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught
The Sultán’s Turret in a Noose of Light.

Form: Rubai

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