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This world a hollow pageant you should deem;

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This world a hollow pageant you should deem; by Omar Khayyam

This world a hollow pageant you should deem;
All wise men know things are not what they seem;
Be of good cheer, and drink, and so shake off
This vain illusion of a baseless dream.

Form: Iambic Pentameter

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