The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Jr. by Wallace Irwin
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A Second murmured, "Surely we might learn Some undiminished Anodyne to burn, For ne'er a Smoker puffed a good Cigar But wished Another Like It might return." LXXXVI After a momentary Silence spake A Stogie of a bileful Pittsburg make; "The One who puffs my Wrappings to the End Will never ask my Memory to awake." LXXXVII Then spake a Panatela finely rolled, "If to a fiery Doom I must be sold, Then let it be my happy Fate to find A high-born Mouth whose Teeth are filled with Gold." |
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