Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia; . tnHB Omar Khayyam prefixed to the MS.) to have arisen from a Dream, in which Omars mother asked about his future fate. It may be rendered thus : — Oh Thou who burnst in Heart for those who burnIn Hell, whose fires thyself shall feed in turn ; How long be crying, Mercy on them, God !Why, who art Thou to teach, and He to learn ? The Bodleian Quatrain pleads Pantheism by way of Justification. If I myself upon a looser CreedHave loosely strung the Jewel of Good deed,Let this one thing for my Atonement plead:That One for Two I never did mis

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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia; . tnHB Omar Khayyam prefixed to the MS.) to have arisen from a Dream, in which Omars mother asked about his future fate. It may be rendered thus : — Oh Thou who burnst in Heart for those who burnIn Hell, whose fires thyself shall feed in turn ; How long be crying, Mercy on them, God !Why, who art Thou to teach, and He to learn ? The Bodleian Quatrain pleads Pantheism by way of Justification. If I myself upon a looser CreedHave loosely strung the Jewel of Good deed,Let this one thing for my Atonement plead:That One for Two I never did mis-read. The Reviewer, to whom I owe the Particulars ofOmars Life, concludes his Review by comparinghim with Lucretius, both as to natural Temper andGenius, and as acted upon by the Circumstancesin which he lived. Both indeed were men of sub-tle, strong, and cultivated Intellect, fine Imagina-tion, and Hearts passionate for Truth and Justice;. hot nmnmD Ennmnmn; i ;n iiiiiiiiiui i iiimiinn

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