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The Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam (Ghiyāth al-Dīn ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīshābūrī)

poetry · Item 109

A reason to turn the page

A door I had no key for, a veil I could not pass—there was talk of 'me and thee' and then, suddenly, silence.

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There was a Door to which I found no Key: There was a Veil past which I could not see: Some little Talk awhile of ME and THEE There seemed--and then no more of THEE and ME.