Throw dust upon the vault of heaven and drink some

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Throw dust upon the vault of heaven and drink some by Omar Khayyam

Throw dust upon the vault of heaven and drink some
wine; seek out the fair, for where see you a subject for
pardon, a subject for prayer, since, of all those who
have gone away, no one has returned?
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