Then to the lip of this poor earthen Urn
I lean'd, the Secret of my Life to learn:
And Lip to Lip it murmur'd - "While you live
Drink! - for, once dead, you never shall return". (Omar Khayyám)

Then to the lip of this poor earthen Urn I lean'd, the Secret of my Life to learn: And Lip to Lip it murmur'd - "While you live Drink! - for, once dead, you never shall return".

Omar Khayyám

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