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Soon shall I go, by time and fate deplored,

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Soon shall I go, by time and fate deplored, by Omar Khayyam

Soon shall I go, by time and fate deplored,
Of all my precious pearls not one is bored;
Alas! there die with me a thousand truths
To which these fools fit audience ne'er accord.

Form: Epigram

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