Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia; . ^™x Omar Khayyam have seen in his quiet collegiate days at Naisha-pur. One of the countless victims of the Assas-sins dagger was Nizam-ul-Mulk himself, the oldschool-boy Omar Khayyam also came to the Vizier to claimthe share; but not to ask for title or office. Thegreatest boon you can confer on me, he said,1 is to let me live in a corner under the shadowof your fortune, to spread wide the advantages ofScience, and pray for your long life and pros-perity. The Vizier tells us, that, when he foundOmar was really sincere in his r

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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia; . ^™x Omar Khayyam have seen in his quiet collegiate days at Naisha-pur. One of the countless victims of the Assas-sins dagger was Nizam-ul-Mulk himself, the oldschool-boy Omar Khayyam also came to the Vizier to claimthe share; but not to ask for title or office. Thegreatest boon you can confer on me, he said,1 is to let me live in a corner under the shadowof your fortune, to spread wide the advantages ofScience, and pray for your long life and pros-perity. The Vizier tells us, that, when he foundOmar was really sincere in his refusal, he pressedhim no further, but granted him a yearly pension 1 Some of Omars Rubaiyat warns us of the danger ofGreatness, the instability of Fortune, and while advocatingCharity to all Men, recommending us to be too intimate withnone. Atta> makes Nizam-ul-Mulk use the very words of hisfriend Omar [Rub. xxviii.], When Nizam-ul-Mulk was inthe Agony of (Death) he said, Oh God! I am passing awayin the hand of the mil

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