Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, and Salámán and Absál: Together with a Life of Edward Fitzgerald and an Essay on Persian Poetry by Ralph Waldo EmersonOmar Khayyam
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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, and Salámán and Absál: Together with a Life of Edward Fitzgerald and an Essay on Persian Poetry by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Omar Khayyam
Persian poetry -- Translations into English
In the text of _Salámán and Absál_ the section headers for parts II,
V and XI were omitted—these have been checked in _FitzGerald's
Salámán and Absál: A Study_ by A. J. Arberry and put in the correct
places.
Also in _Salámán and Absál_, in part XXI, a paragraph break was
missing. This has been re-inserted.
In addition, the following typographical errors have been corrected:
p1 Bury St. Edmunds, During changed to
Bury St. Edmunds. During
p14 When the Imám rose from his lectures, they use to changed to
When the Imám rose from his lectures, they used to
p34 The mighty Mahmúd, the victorious Lord changed to
The mighty Máhmúd, the victorious Lord
p16 A.B. 1090 changed to A.D. 1090
p18 'Khayyám changed to "'Khayyám
p19 Naishápur I went to his final resting place changed to
Naishápúr I went to his final resting place
p19 the stone was hidden under them.'" changed to
the stone was hidden under them."'"
Footnote B 500 vêcu changed to vécu
p29 is neither Here nor There?" changed to
is neither Here nor There!"
p36 If clings my Being— changed to
It clings my Being—
p47 A Kurd perplext by Fortunes Frolics changed to
A Kurd perplext by Fortune's Frolics
p47 Sees it on anothers's Ancle— changed to
Sees it on another's Ancle—
p53 Stirr'd not a Step nor set Design afoot changed to
Stirr'd not a Step nor set Design a-foot
p54 Well was is said, changed to Well was it said,
p91 Beauty of the Brighest wanes; changed to
Beauty of the Brightest wanes;
p108 his name: of Jamschid, the binder changed to
his name; of Jamschid, the binder
p111 graybeard of the sky. He says:— changed to
graybeard of the sky." He says:—
p122 how the Iris of heaven; changed to
how the Iris of heaven
p124 Moles in their scarlet brest changed to
Moles in their scarlet breast
Archaic and inconsistent spellings, however, have been retained,
particularly with reference to transliterated words.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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