O Love! before you pass death's portal through,

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O Love! before you pass death's portal through, by Omar Khayyam

O Love! before you pass death's portal through,
And potters make their jugs of me and you,
Pour from this jug some wine, of headache void,
And fill your cup, and fill my goblet too!

Form: Iambic Pentameter Comments

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