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My life lasts but a day or two, and fast

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My life lasts but a day or two, and fast by Omar Khayyam

My life lasts but a day or two, and fast
Sweeps by, like torrent stream or desert blast,
Howbeit, of two days I take no heed,—
The day to come, and that already past.

Form: Rubai

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