My well-beloved (would that her life might last as long

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My well-beloved (would that her life might last as long by Omar Khayyam

My well-beloved [would that her life might last as long
as my sorrows!] has commenced to be amiable to me
again. She cast in my eyes a sweet and furtive look
and disappeared, saying without doubt to herself: Do
good and cast it on the waters.

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