The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Jr. by Wallace Irwin
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IV Mark how Havana's sensuous-philtred Mead Dispels the cackling Hag of Night at Need, And, foggy-aureoled, the Smoke reveals The Poppy Flowers that blossom from the Weed. V Come, fill the Pipe, and in the Fire of Spring The Cuban Leaves upon the Embers fling, That in its Incense I may sermonize On Woman's Ways and all that sort of Thing. VI While the tired Dog Watch hailed the sea-merged Star I heard the Voice of Travellers from Afar |
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