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Ah! thou hast snared this head, though white as snow,

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Ah! thou hast snared this head, though white as snow, by Omar Khayyam

Ah! thou hast snared this head, though white as snow,
Which oft has vowed the wine-cup to forego;
And wrecked the mansion long resolve did build,
And rent the vesture penitence did sew!

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