Omar Khayyám: With them the Seed of Wisdom did I sow, And with my own hand labour'd it to grow: And this was all the Harvest that I re

With them the Seed of Wisdom did I sow, And with my own hand labour'd it to grow — Omar Khayyám

With them the Seed of Wisdom did I sow, And with my own hand labour'd it to grow: And this was all the Harvest that I reap'd— " I came like Water, and like Wind I go. "

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