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If grace be grace, and Allah gracious be,

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If grace be grace, and Allah gracious be, by Omar Khayyam

If grace be grace, and Allah gracious be,
Adam from Paradise why banished He?
Grace to poor sinners shown is grace indeed;
In grace hard earned by works no grace I see.

Form: Quatrain

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