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Omar Khayyám, The Rubáiyát of

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Omar Khayyám, The Rubáiyát of, a translation by E. FitzGerald of the rubais or quatrains of the 12th-cent. Persian poet, first published anonymously in 1859; FitzGerald produced further editions, revised and with added quatrains, in 1868, 1872, and 1879. FitzGerald's translation preserved the stanza form of the original, but adapted the quatrains into a connected theme, sceptical of divine providence, mocking the transience of human grandeur, and concentrating on the pleasures of the fleeting moment. The felicitously phrased aphorisms of this cynical yet genial poetic sequence are among the most frequently quoted lines in English poetry.

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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, The

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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, The, see Omar Khayyám.

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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, The." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-RubiytofOmarKhayymThe.html

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