Omar Khayyám: Open the door! O warder best and purest, And guide the way, O thou, of guides the surest! Directors born of men shall no

Open the door! O warder best and purest, And guide the way, O thou, of guides th — Omar Khayyám

Open the door! O warder best and purest, And guide the way, O thou, of guides the surest! Directors born of men shall not direct me, Their counsel comes to nought, but thou endurest.

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