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Arabian Poetry: Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: Verses of Yezid To His Father, Mowiah, Who Reproached Him For Drunkenness

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That I can thus from wine be driven, Thou surely ne’er canst think— Another reason thou hast given Why I resolve to drink: ’Twas sweet the flowing cup to seize, ’Tis sweet thy rage to see; And, first, I drink myself to please, And, next—to anger thee!

Arabian Poetry: Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: Verses of Yezid To His Father, Mowiah, Who Reproached Him For Drunkenness

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