A Moment's Halt—a momentary taste Of Being from the Well amid the Waste—And lo! the Phantom Caravan has reach'd The Nothing it set out from—Oh, make haste!

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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Stanza XLVIII

Date / Period

c. 11th-12th century

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Humorous

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/246/246-h/246-h.htm

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