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I came not hither of my own free will,

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I came not hither of my own free will, by Omar Khayyam

I came not hither of my own free will,
And go against my wish, a puppet still;
Cupbearer! gird thy loins, and fetch some wine;
To purge the world's despite, my goblet fill.

Form: Heroic Couplet

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