Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia; . .n ii u =m. ii ii ii : ?? » ^^^^a^^^^^^^^s^^^^^^^^^^^^o Edward Fitzgerald tastes and qualities; and, by enlarging his sym-pathies, enabled him to enjoy the fructifyinginfluence of studies pursued in communion withscholars more profound than himself, but lessgifted with the power of expression. One of theyounger Cambridge men with whom he becameintimate during his periodical pilgrimages to theuniversity, was Edward B. Cowell, a man of thehighest attainment in Oriental learning, who re-sembled Fitzgerald himself in the possession ofa war
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia; . .n ii u =m. ii ii ii : ?? » ^^^^a^^^^^^^^s^^^^^^^^^^^^o Edward Fitzgerald tastes and qualities; and, by enlarging his sym-pathies, enabled him to enjoy the fructifyinginfluence of studies pursued in communion withscholars more profound than himself, but lessgifted with the power of expression. One of theyounger Cambridge men with whom he becameintimate during his periodical pilgrimages to theuniversity, was Edward B. Cowell, a man of thehighest attainment in Oriental learning, who re-sembled Fitzgerald himself in the possession ofa warm and genial heart, and the most unobtru-sive modesty. From Cowell he could easily learnthat the hypothetical affinity between the namesof Erin and Iran belonged to an obsolete stageof etymology; but the attraction of a far-fetchedtheory was replaced by the charm of readingPersian poetry in companionship with his youngfriend who was equally competent to enjoy andto analyse the beauties of a literature that formed
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