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THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 95 by OMAR KHAYYAM

First Line: AND MUCH AS WINE HAS PLAYED THE INFIDEL
Last Line: ONE HALF SO PRECIOUS AS THE STUFF THEY SELL.
Subject(s): TIME;
And much as Wine has played the Infidel,
And Robbed me of my Robe of Honor -- Well,
I wonder often what the Vintners buy
One half so precious as the stuff they sell.


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