The tenants of the tombs to dust decay,

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The tenants of the tombs to dust decay, by Omar Khayyam

The tenants of the tombs to dust decay,
Nescient of self, and all beside are they;
Their sundered atoms float about the world,
Like mirage clouds, until the judgment day.

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