FOBO - The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (page 1/2)

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XX
Ah, my Beloved, fill the cup that clears
TO-DAY of past Regrets and future Fears—
Tomorrow? - Why, To-morrow I may be
Myself with Yesterday’s Sev’n Thousand Years. [more...]

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Earth Could Not Answer

XXXIII
Earth could not answer; nor the Seas that mourn
In flowing Purple, of their Lord forlorn;
Nor rolling Heaven, with all his Signs reveal’d
And hidden by the sleeve of Night and Morn. [more...]

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Helpless Pieces of the Game he Plays

In the picture, an old white-bearded man wearing a green robe and headband is holding one hand aloft and beckoning with the other. [more...]

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Myself when young

XXVII
Myself when young did eagerly frequent
Doctor and Saint, and heard great Argument
About it and about: but evermore
came out by the same door as in I went. [more...]

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A Ruby kindles in the vine

“IV
Now the New Year reviving old Desires,
The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires,
Where the WHITE HAND of MOSES on the Bough
Puts out, and Jesus from the ground suspires. [more...]

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Pictures from The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam translated into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald; With illustrations photographed from life studies by Adelaide Hanscom and Blanche Cumming. Published in New York Dodge Publishing Co. 1905, 1912

I have scanned only only a few of these. As always, let me know (liam at holoweb dot net; for faster response mention the colour of your socks) if you would like more from this book.

There is an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for Edward Fitzgerald and another for Dante.

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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (page 1/2)

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