Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia; . mn ,...iiiilii,iiwiiiiiiiiiiiini- LL1IH1TH T 11 T11FIT! I I I1H1H IltUITT. flra^ Omar Khayyam lished and translated an Arabic Treatise of hison Algebra. His Takhallus or poetical name (Khayyam)signifies a Tent-maker, and he is said to have atone time exercised that trade, perhaps beforeNizam-ul-Minks generosity raised him to inde-pendence. Many Persian poets similarly derivedtheir names from their occupations ; thus we haveAttar, a druggist, Assar, an oil presser, & himself alludes to his name in the followingwhimsica

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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia; . mn ,...iiiilii,iiwiiiiiiiiiiiini- LL1IH1TH T 11 T11FIT! I I I1H1H IltUITT. flra^ Omar Khayyam lished and translated an Arabic Treatise of hison Algebra. His Takhallus or poetical name (Khayyam)signifies a Tent-maker, and he is said to have atone time exercised that trade, perhaps beforeNizam-ul-Minks generosity raised him to inde-pendence. Many Persian poets similarly derivedtheir names from their occupations ; thus we haveAttar, a druggist, Assar, an oil presser, & himself alludes to his name in the followingwhimsical lines : — Khayyam, who stitched the tents of science,Has fallen in griefs furnace and been suddenly burned ;The shears of Fate have cut the tent ropes of his life,And the broker of Hope has sold him for nothing ! We have only one more anecdote to give ofhis Life, and that relates to the close ; it is told in 1 Though all these, like our Smiths, Archers, Millers,Fletchers, &c, may simply retain the Surname of an hered-itary calling.

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