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Now bring me dancers, wine, and a houri with charming,

Read 'Now bring me dancers, wine, and a houri with charming,' by 'Omar Khayyam' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

Now bring me dancers, wine, and a houri with charming, by Omar Khayyam

Now bring me dancers, wine, and a houri with charming,
ravishing features—if houris there be. Or find a
beautiful brook within a green ravine, if such there be.
Ask nothing better; think no more of Hell's hot penalties,
for, verily, none is, nor any Paradise more fair than
that I sing, if Paradise there be.

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