The rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ; Bird parliament
The Moving Finger writes; and having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it. --From the Rubaiyat --The best-selling poem of all time, Omar Khayaams Rubaiyat (Quatrains), was first published in the West in 1859 by tr...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Persian |
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New York :
Barnes & Noble Books,
2003, c1997.
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| Series: | The poetry library.
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| Summary: | The Moving Finger writes; and having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it. --From the Rubaiyat --The best-selling poem of all time, Omar Khayaams Rubaiyat (Quatrains), was first published in the West in 1859 by translator Edward FitzGerald. Excerpts from his well-loved version appear here, accompanied by Bird Parliament, a delightful work by Khayyams contemporary, the influential mystic poet Farr |
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| Item Description: | "This edition first published by Everyman in 1998"--T.p. verso. Series statement on jacket. Chronology of FitzGerald's life and times follows text. |
| Physical Description: | 75 p. ; 18 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0760748950 9780760748954 |
