Though drink is wrong, take care with whom you drink,

Read 'Though drink is wrong, take care with whom you drink,' by 'Omar Khayyam' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

Though drink is wrong, take care with whom you drink, by Omar Khayyam

Though drink is wrong, take care with whom you drink,
And who you are that drink, and what you drink;
And drink at will, for, these three points observed,
Who but the very wise can ever drink?

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