For in and out, above, about, below, 'Tis nothing but a Magic Shadow-show, Play'd by the Magic Lantern born of Night, And into perfect Light begins to flow.
Poet, mathematician, astronomer
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Stanza LXVIII
c. 11th-12th century
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