Living
XCV
From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Living
And much as Wine has play'd the Infidel,
And robb'd 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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FitzGerald, Edward. “XCV.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/95/.
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FitzGerald, Edward. “XCV.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/95/.
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