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I know what is, and what is not, I know

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I know what is, and what is not, I know by Omar Khayyam

I know what is, and what is not, I know
The lore of things above, and things below;
But all this lore will cheerfully renounce,
If one a higher grade than drink can show.

Form: Quatrain

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