This palace where great Bahram loved to drink now

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This palace where great Bahram loved to drink now by Omar Khayyam

This palace where great Bahram loved to drink now
herds the young gazelle, and in it lions sleep. Where
Bahram snared the swift wild ass, the snare of Time has
in its turn snared him.

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