Did no fair rose my paradise adorn,

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Did no fair rose my paradise adorn, by Omar Khayyam

Did no fair rose my paradise adorn,
I would make shift to deck it with a thorn;
And if I lacked my prayer-mats, beads, and Shaikh,
'Those Christian bells and stoles I would not scorn.

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