The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam  -  Edward FitzGerald

KORTE INHOUD

A book of verses underneath the bough,
A jug of wine, a loaf of bread―and thou.

The Rubáiyát is one of the most popular poems of all time. A collection of quatrains composed in the eleventh century by Persian poet and philosopher Omar Khayyám, it was first published in English-language translation by Edward Fitzgerald in 1859. Since then, its melancholy tone and enigmatic philosophy of mourning the painful brevity of life while celebrating what pleasures we may find have made it an inspiration to many writers...
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2016 1x BEKROOND Uitgever: Bodleian Library 100 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 1851244174 ISBN-13: 9781851244171