Imitate the tulip which flowers at New-year's; take, like

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Imitate the tulip which flowers at New-year's; take, like by Omar Khayyam

Imitate the tulip which flowers at New-year's; take, like
her, a cup in thy hand and, if the occasion presents itself,
drink, drink of wine in happiness with some fair girl
whose cheeks are tinted with the color of this flower, for
this blue wheel [dome], like a breath of wind, can suddenly
overturn thee.
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