Earth, Air, and Water, and the living Fire, And the two Worlds, and all that they desire, Are but the Forms of one—and that one still The shadow of a Shadow, and a Lie.
Poet, mathematician, astronomer
Attributed, less certain source than Rubaiyat
c. 11th-12th century
Found in 1 providers: grok
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