Venerated as the embodiment of perfect beauty when brought to poet Omar Khayyam:
“As then the Tulip for her morning sup
Of Heav'nly Vintage from the Soil looks up,
Do you devoutly do the like, till Heav'n
To Earth invert you -- like an empty Cup.”
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