The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam - Edward Fitzgerald
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Here with a Loaf of Breadbeneath the BoughA Flask of Wine,a Book ofVerse - and ThouBeside me singing in theWilderness -And Wilderness is Paradiseenow.
It is perhaps ironic that while the title of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam evokes images of the Persian East, the translation with which most are familiar is considered to be a great work of English literature in its own right.It may also surprise some that this translation which was to become so popular in Victorian England, and which has spawned a host of subsequent versions by other authors & poets, was met with indifference when first published in 1859.