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I sweep the tavern threshold with my hair,

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I sweep the tavern threshold with my hair, by Omar Khayyam

I sweep the tavern threshold with my hair,
For both world's good and ill I take no care;
Should the two worlds roll to my house, like balls,
When drunk, for one small coin I'd sell the pair!

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