| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 9194 |
| AUTHOR: | Omar Khayyam (fl. 11th cent.) |
| QUOTATION: | A Moments Halta momentary taste Of BEING from the Well amid the Waste And, Lo! the phantom Caravan has reachd The NOTHING it set out from. Oh, make haste! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Rubáiyát. Stanza xlviii. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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