Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia; . inn Omar Khayyam as he saw them, than to perplex it with vain dis-quietude after what they might be. It has beenseen, however, that his Worldly Ambition was notexorbitant; and he very likely takes a humorousor perverse pleasure in exalting the gratification ofSense above that of the Intellect, in which he musthave taken great delight, although it failed toanswer the Questions in which he, in commonwith all men, was most vitally interested. For whatever Reason, however, Omar, as beforesaid, has never been popular in his own Country,and
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia; . inn Omar Khayyam as he saw them, than to perplex it with vain dis-quietude after what they might be. It has beenseen, however, that his Worldly Ambition was notexorbitant; and he very likely takes a humorousor perverse pleasure in exalting the gratification ofSense above that of the Intellect, in which he musthave taken great delight, although it failed toanswer the Questions in which he, in commonwith all men, was most vitally interested. For whatever Reason, however, Omar, as beforesaid, has never been popular in his own Country,and therefore has been but scantily transmittedabroad. The MSS. of his Poems, mutilated be-yond the average Casualties of Oriental Transcrip-tion, are so rare in the East as scarce to havereacht Westward at all, in spite of all the acquisi-tions of Arms and Science. There is no copyat the India House, none at the BibliothequeNationale of Paris. We know but of one in. ran L jramjnnri cm i mur ise ^
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