Yon palace, towering to the welkin blue,

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Yon palace, towering to the welkin blue, by Omar Khayyam

Yon palace, towering to the welkin blue,
Where kings did bow them down, and homage do,
I saw a ringdove on its arches perched,
And thus she made complaint, «Coo, Coo, Coo, Coo!»

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