It is so beautiful that one wonders the artist was not induced to do more work of the kind; but there is only known to be one or two other manuscripts partially completed by him. Certainly his love for mediaeval illuminated MSS. was intense and his knowledge great, and his collection of choice and rare works of this kind probably unique. The same might be said of his collection of early printed books, which was wonderfully rich with wood-cuts of the best time and from the most notable presses of Germany, Flanders, Italy, and France.
OMAR KHAYYÁM
Alike for those who for today prepare
And those that after a tomorrow stare
A muezzin from the Tower of Darkness cries
Fools, your reward is neither here nor there
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Why, all the saints and sages who discussed