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Now the New Year

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Now the New Year by Omar Khayyam

Now the New Year reviving old Desires,
The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires,
Where the White Hand of Moses on the Bough
Puts out, and Jesus from the Ground suspires.

Form: Rubaiyat

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