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Where are the dancers? Where is the wine? Quick!

Read 'Where are the dancers? Where is the wine? Quick!' by 'Omar Khayyam' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

Where are the dancers? Where is the wine? Quick! by Omar Khayyam

Where are the dancers? Where is the wine? Quick!
that I may do honor to the gourd! Happy the heart
who remembers his morning cup! Oh! there are three
things in this world which are dear to me: a head lost in
wine, an amorous girl, and the noise of the dawn.
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