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Wine is a melting ruby, cup its mine;

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Wine is a melting ruby, cup its mine; by Omar Khayyam

Wine is a melting ruby, cup its mine;
Cup is the body, and the soul is wine;
These crystal goblets smile with ruddy wine
Like tears, that blood of wounded hearts enshrine.

Form: Rubai

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