“The Moon of Heav’n is rising once again:
How oft hereafter rising shall she look
Through this same Garden after me—in vain!”

THE FITZGERALD CENTENARY EDITION

Rubáiyát
of
Omar Khayyám
AND
Salámán and Absál

RENDERED INTO ENGLISH VERSE
BY
EDWARD FITZGERALD

TOGETHER WITH
A LIFE OF EDWARD FITZGERALD
AND AN
ESSAY ON PERSIAN POETRY
BY
RALPH WALDO EMERSON

PEACOCK, MANSFIELD & Co., Ltd.
PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
MCMIX

Boyle, Son & Watchurst,
Printers, &c.
Warwick Square, London, E.C.

CONTENTS.


PAGE
To E. FitzGerald[iv]
Life of Edward FitzGerald[1]
Preface to Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám[11]
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám[21]
Salámán and Absál[43]
Persian Poetry, an Essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson[101]