Cupbearer, come! from thy full-throated ewer

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Cupbearer, come! from thy full-throated ewer by Omar Khayyam

Cupbearer, come! from thy full-throated ewer
Pour blood-red wine, the world's despite to cure!
Where can I find another friend like wine,
So genuine, so solacing, so pure?

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