On the dread day of final scrutiny

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On the dread day of final scrutiny by Omar Khayyam

On the dread day of final scrutiny
Thou wilt be rated by thy quality;
Get wisdom and fair qualities to-day,
For, as thou art, requited wilt thou be.

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