Quatrains of Omar Khayyam (tr. Whinfield, 1883)
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| Quatrains of Omar Khayyám (1883) by , translated by Edward Henry Whinfield |
| This edition of Quatrains of Omar Khayyám contains 500 quatrains, side by side with the Persian originals. |
THE QUATRAINS
OF
OMAR KHAYYÁM.
THE PERSIAN TEXT WITH AN ENGLISH VERSE
TRANSLATION.
BY
E. H. WHINFIELD, M. A.
LATE OF THE BENGAL CIVIL SERVICE.
LONDON:
TRÜBNER & CO., LUDGATE HILL.
1883.
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GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, LIMITED,
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| . . . . . . . . . . . . ."A mind
Not wholly clear, nor wholly blind. Too keen to rest, too weak to find, That travails sore, and brings forth wind." M. Arnold. |
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