Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia; . m Edward Fitzgerald the more delightful, he counted the short coast-ing trips, occupying no more than a day or twoat a time, which he used to make in his ownyacht from Lowestoft, accompanied only by acrew of two men, and such a friend as Cowell,with a large pasty and a few bottles of wine tosupply their material wants. It is needless to saythat books were also put into the cabin, and thatthe symposia of the friends were thus brightenedby communion with the minds of the great de-parted. Fitzgeralds enjoyment of gnomic wisdomenshrined in
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia; . m Edward Fitzgerald the more delightful, he counted the short coast-ing trips, occupying no more than a day or twoat a time, which he used to make in his ownyacht from Lowestoft, accompanied only by acrew of two men, and such a friend as Cowell,with a large pasty and a few bottles of wine tosupply their material wants. It is needless to saythat books were also put into the cabin, and thatthe symposia of the friends were thus brightenedby communion with the minds of the great de-parted. Fitzgeralds enjoyment of gnomic wisdomenshrined in words of exquisite propriety wasevinced by the frequency with which he used toread Montaignes essays and Madame de Se-vignes letters, and the various works from whichhe extracted and published his collection of wisesaws entitled Polonius. This taste was alliedto a love for what was classical and correct inliterature, bv which he was also enabled to appre-.
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