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Drink wine to root up metaphysic weeds,

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Drink wine to root up metaphysic weeds, by Omar Khayyam

Drink wine to root up metaphysic weeds,
And tangle of the two-and-seventy creeds;
Do not forswear that wondrous alchemy,
'Twill turn to gold, and cure a thousand needs.

Form: Lyric

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