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Quote by Omar Khayyám
My tomb shall be in a certain place where each breath of the north wind shall shower down roses upon it.
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The speaker imagines a tomb in a particular place where every breath of the north wind brings roses down onto it. The image joins death with a gentle, beautiful natural blessing: the grave is not isolated, but continually touched by flowers carried on the wind.
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