Living
LXXI
From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Living
And much as Wine has play'd the Infidel,
And robb'd me of my Robe of Honour--well,
I often wonder what the Vintners buy
One half so precious as the Goods they sell.
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FitzGerald, Edward. “LXXI.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/34/.
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FitzGerald, Edward. “LXXI.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/34/.
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