In Sean O'Casey's Shadow of a Gunman, Donal Davoren quotes this work to describe two powers that "grasp this sorry scheme of things entire, and mould life nearer to the heart's desire".
In Sean O'Casey's Shadow of a Gunman, Donal Davoren quotes this work to describe two powers that "grasp this sorry scheme of things entire, and mould life nearer to the heart's desire". In one section of this work, the speaker posits "never blows so red the Rose as where some buried Caesar bled", while another section asserts "Destiny with Men for pieces plays" on a "Chequer-board of Nights and Days". It includes a stanza beginning "The (*) Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, moves on" and a stanza about the speaker's desire for "A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread Â– and Thou". For 10 points, identify this collection of poems in quatrains, translated by Edward FitzGerald from the Persian original by Omar Khayyam.
In Sean O'Casey's Shadow of a Gunman, Donal Davoren quotes this work to describe two powers that "grasp this sorry scheme of things entire, and mould life nearer to the heart's desire".
the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam [also accept answers that specify that it's Edward FitzGerald's translation, since all the quotes are taken from that]