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There remains to me still a breath of life, thanks to

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There remains to me still a breath of life, thanks to by Omar Khayyam

There remains to me still a breath of life, thanks to
the care of the cupbearer. But discord reigns still among
men. I know that there only remains to me about a men
of wine from last evening, but I am ignorant of the
space of time that is still left me to live.

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