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With many a snare Thou dost beset my way,

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With many a snare Thou dost beset my way, by Omar Khayyam

With many a snare Thou dost beset my way,
And threatenest, if I fall therein, to slay;
Thy rule resistless sways the world, yet Thou
Imputest sin, when I do but obey!

Form: Quatrain

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