Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald Contents: Introduction. First Edition. Fifth Edition. Notes. Introduction Omar Khayyam, The Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Omar Khayyam was born at Naishapur in Khorassan in the latter half of our Eleventh, and died within the First Quarter of our Twelfth Century. The Slender Story of his