The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, rendered into English quatrains

Author

Khayyam, Omar

Publisher

Published for the Classics club by W. J. Black

Year

1942

Language

English

Keywords

Poetry

Call Number

PK6513 .A1 1942

Reference Only

Off

Number of Pages

178

Library of Congress Subject Heading

Persian poetry -- Translations into English

Abstract

The five authorized versions

Edward FitzGerald and the Rubáiyát, by G. S. Haight.--First version, 1859.--Omar Khayyám the astronomer poet of Persia, by Edward FitzGerald.--Second version, 1808.--Facsimiles from the Bodleian manuscript of Omar Khayyám.--FitzGerald's Introduction to the third version.--Third version, 1872, fourth version, 1879, and fifth version, 1889.--Notes to the second version.--Vocabulary--Comparative tables of stanzas in the five versions

Translated by Edward FitzGerald