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I had the good fortune to snag a beautiful, hardcover, early 20th century edition of this book at a recent book sale and spent the rest of the afternoon reading over it again at home. Each ruba’i is paired with an E.J. Sullivan illustration and being both a fan of poetry and illustration, I was ecstatic to come across it.
Content-wise, most of Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat can be summed up in saying ‘eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die’. His poetry often deals with the transient nature of life ...more
Content-wise, most of Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat can be summed up in saying ‘eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die’. His poetry often deals with the transient nature of life ...more
