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To knaves Thy secret we must not confide,

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To knaves Thy secret we must not confide, by Omar Khayyam

To knaves Thy secret we must not confide,
To comprehend it is to fools denied,
See then to what hard case Thou doomest men,
Our hopes from one and all perforce we hide.

Form: Lyric

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