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Last night I dashed my cup against a stone,

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Last night I dashed my cup against a stone, by Omar Khayyam

Last night I dashed my cup against a stone,
In a mad drunken freak, as I must own,
And lo! the cup cries out in agony,
«You too, like me, shall soon be overthrown.»

Form: Epigram

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