This jug (earthen vessel) has been, like me, a loving

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This jug (earthen vessel) has been, like me, a loving by Omar Khayyam

This jug [earthen vessel] has been, like me, a loving
and unhappy creature; it has sighed for a lock of some
young beauty's hair; this handle that you see attached to
its neck was an amorous arm passed about the neck of
some girl.
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