O thou who art the summing up of the universal creation,

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O thou who art the summing up of the universal creation, by Omar Khayyam

O thou who art the summing up of the universal creation,
cease for an instant to occupy thyself with gain or
loss; take a cup of wine from the hand of the etern
cupbearer, and free thyself thus altogether from the cares
of this world and from those of the other!

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