Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, translated by Edward FitzGerald ( translation of a selection of poems, originally written in Persian and attributed to Omar Khayyám (1048-1131), a Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer). Illustration by Gilbert James (1865-1941). shows couple in field-. Stanza reads: ' Then to this earthen Bowl did I adjourn My lip the secret Well of Life to learn: And Lip to Lip it murmur'd-While you live Drink!-for once deada you never shall return. '
Adam and Charles Black, Soho Square, London, 1909
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