With them the seed of Wisdom did I sow, And with mine own hand wrought to make it grow; And this was all the Harvest that I reap'd - "I came like Water, and like Wind I go." (Omar Khayyám)

With them the seed of Wisdom did I sow, And with mine own hand wrought to make it grow; And this was all the Harvest that I reap'd - "I came like Water, and like Wind I go."

Omar Khayyám

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