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My love shone forth, and I was overcome,

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My love shone forth, and I was overcome, by Omar Khayyam

My love shone forth, and I was overcome,
My heart was speaking, but my tongue was dumb;
Beside the water-brooks I died of thirst.
Was ever known so strange a martyrdom?

Form: Quatrain

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