Relationships

XL

by Edward FitzGerald 1809–1883

From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Relationships

You know, my Friends, how long since in my House
For a new Marriage I did make Carouse:
Divorced old barren Reason from my Bed,
And took the Daughter of the Vine to Spouse.

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