Bow down, heaven's tyranny to undergo,

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Bow down, heaven's tyranny to undergo, by Omar Khayyam

Bow down, heaven's tyranny to undergo,
Quaff wine to face the world, and all its woe;
Your origin and end are both in earth,
But now you are above earth, not below!

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