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WINE AT DAWN by IBN SA'ID OF ALCALA LA REAL

First Line: RISE, AND POUR ME ROSY WINE
Last Line: SWAY AND SHIVER IN THE BREEZE.

Rise, and pour me rosy wine,
Dawn aglow at morning shine;
Wine of daybreak, cool to sip,
Crimsons the horizon's lip.

See, the lightnings shake their spears
And the clouds are cavaliers;
Swift their showering arrows come
As the thunder rolls its drum.

And the rivers, rightly pale,
Clothe themselves in coats of mail;
Pardonably do the trees
Sway and shiver in the breeze.



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