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I drink wine, and those who are opposed to it come

Read 'I drink wine, and those who are opposed to it come' by 'Omar Khayyam' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

I drink wine, and those who are opposed to it come by Omar Khayyam

I drink wine, and those who are opposed to it come
from the left and from the right to ask me to abstain
from it, because, say they, wine is an enemy of religion.
But, for that very reason I would drink it, now that I
hold myself an adversary of faith, because we are permitted
by God to drink the blood of an enemy.

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