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The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam

You may be interested in The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam newly added this month over at Project Gutenberg.

“Alike for those who for To-day prepare,
And those that after a To-morrow stare,
A Muezzin from the Tower of Darkness cries
«Fools! your Reward is neither Here nor There!»”

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