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Oh bitter fruit

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" Waste not your Hour, nor in the vain pursuitΒ 

Of This and That endeavour and dispute;

Better be merry with the fruitful Grape than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit.

Some of the Glories of This World; and some Sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come;
Ah, take the Cash, and let the Promise go,Β 
Nor heed the music of a distant Drum!

And that inverted Bowl we call the Sky
Whereunder crawling coop'd we live and die
Lift not your hands to It for help---for ItΒ 
As impotently rolls as you or I."


-- Rubaiyat


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