Motif
departed companions precede the speaker into death
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A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Lost Heroic Age. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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sufi
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The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam XIII. / XVII. / XVIII. / XXII.; lines 2608-2622 confidence: high
The quatrain says that some beloved and excellent people have already drunk their cup and one by one silently gone to rest.
Both the quatrain and its cited source describe beloved friends or companions leaving before the speaker, one by one, and entering rest or Death.
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