The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Credits: Omar Khayyam (author)

Summary

Edward FitzGerald's free English version of the Persian astronomer's quatrains, with its wine, its roses and the Moving Finger that writes and moves on, became one of the most quoted poems of Victorian England. This edition prints the first and fifth versions, one after the other.

Written by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI assistant, from the text of the book.

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Chapters (2)

  1. 1. First Edition
  2. 2. Fifth Edition

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