Omar Khayyám: Heav'n but the Vision of fulfill'd Desire, And Hell the Shadow from a Soul on fire, Cast on the Darkness into which Ours

Heav'n but the Vision of fulfill'd Desire, And Hell the Shadow from a Soul on fi — Omar Khayyám

Heav'n but the Vision of fulfill'd Desire, And Hell the Shadow from a Soul on fire, Cast on the Darkness into which Ourselves, So late emerged from, shall so soon expire.

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