One section of this work sees the author speculate that "never blows so red the rose as wheresome buried Caesar bled", and in another section, it describes "the Master of the Show" who "playsupon this Chequer-board of night and day."
One section of this work sees the author speculate that "never blows so red the rose as wheresome buried Caesar bled", and in another section, it describes "the Master of the Show" who "playsupon this Chequer-board of night and day." In another stanza, a member of "the loquacious Lot" asks"who is the potter, pray, and who is the pot?" This collection is the namesake of an (*) iambicpentameter quatrain that rhymes in an "a-a-b-a" pattern. In Edward FitzGerald's fifth translation of thiswork, paradise is described as "a book of verses beneath the bough, a jug of wine, a loaf of bread andthou." For 10 points, identify this collection of Persian poetry,attributed to Omar Khayyam.
One section of this work sees the author speculate that "never blows so red the rose as wheresome buried Caesar bled", and in another section, it describes "the Master of the Show" who "playsupon this Chequer-board of night and day."
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam