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Wherever you can get two maunds of wine,

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Wherever you can get two maunds of wine, by Omar Khayyam

Wherever you can get two maunds of wine,
Set to, and drink it like a libertine;
Whoso acts thus will set his spirit free
From saintly airs like yours, and grief like mine.

Form: Epigram

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