Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia; . Notes sunk, like the Master of Ravenswood, while pur-suing his Gur. The Talace that to Heavn his pillars threw,And Kings the forehead on his threshold drew — I saw the solitary Ringdove there,And Coo, coo, coo, she cried; and Coo, coo,coo. {Included in Nicolass edition as No. 350 of the Rubdiyydt, andalso in Mr. WhinfielcFs translation-] This Quatrain Mr. Binning found, among sev-eral of Hafiz and others, inscribed by some strayhand among the ruins of Persepolis. The Ring-doves ancient Pehlevi Coo, Coo, Coo, signifies alsoin Persian Wh
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia; . Notes sunk, like the Master of Ravenswood, while pur-suing his Gur. The Talace that to Heavn his pillars threw,And Kings the forehead on his threshold drew — I saw the solitary Ringdove there,And Coo, coo, coo, she cried; and Coo, coo,coo. {Included in Nicolass edition as No. 350 of the Rubdiyydt, andalso in Mr. WhinfielcFs translation-] This Quatrain Mr. Binning found, among sev-eral of Hafiz and others, inscribed by some strayhand among the ruins of Persepolis. The Ring-doves ancient Pehlevi Coo, Coo, Coo, signifies alsoin Persian Where? Where? Where? In At-tars Bird-parliament she is reproved by theLeader of the Birds for sitting still, and for everharping on that one note of lamentation for her lostYusuf. Apropos of Omars Red Roses in Stanza xix,I am reminded of an old English Superstition,. m ^^^^^E^^^^^B^^^^^^^^^^B
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