Motif
Convivial enjoyment before the final draught
convivial_enjoyment_before_the_final_draught
A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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sufi
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The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam XLIV. / XLVI. / XLVII. / XLVIII.; lines 1339-1360 confidence: medium
The stanza places the Rose along the River Brink, commands drinking the Ruby Vintage with old Khayyam, and says the Angel comes with a 'darker Draught' to be taken without shrinking.
The addressee is urged to drink Ruby Vintage amid rose and river, and then to accept the Angel's darker Draught when it comes.
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