The world's annoys I rate not at one grain,

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The world's annoys I rate not at one grain, by Omar Khayyam

The world's annoys I rate not at one grain,
So I eat once a day I don't complain;
And, since earth's kitchen yields no solid food,
I pester no man with petitions vain.

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