When we shall have lost my soul and thine, they will

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When we shall have lost my soul and thine, they will by Omar Khayyam

When we shall have lost my soul and thine, they will
place bricks upon thy tomb and mine. Then, in order
to cover other tombs with bricks, they will throw my dust
and thine into the kiln of the brick-maker.

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