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I dreamt a sage said, Wherefore life consume

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I dreamt a sage said, Wherefore life consume by Omar Khayyam

I dreamt a sage said, «Wherefore life consume
In sleep? Can sleep make pleasure's roses bloom?
For gather not with death's twin-brother sleep,
Thou wilt have sleep enough within thy tomb!»

Form: Heroic Couplet

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