Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia; . Notes Thus Hafiz, copying Omar in so many ways:When thou drinkest Wine pour a draught on theground. Wherefore fear the Sin which brings toanother Gain ? (XLIII.) According to one beautiful OrientalLegend, Azrael accomplishes his mission by hold-ing to the nostril an Apple from the Tree ofLife. This, and the two following Stanzas would havebeen withdrawn, as somewhat de trop, from theText, but for advice which I least like to dis-regard. (LI.) From Mali to Mahi; from Fish to Moon. (LVI.) A Jest, of course, at his Studies. Acurious mathe

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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia; . Notes Thus Hafiz, copying Omar in so many ways:When thou drinkest Wine pour a draught on theground. Wherefore fear the Sin which brings toanother Gain ? (XLIII.) According to one beautiful OrientalLegend, Azrael accomplishes his mission by hold-ing to the nostril an Apple from the Tree ofLife. This, and the two following Stanzas would havebeen withdrawn, as somewhat de trop, from theText, but for advice which I least like to dis-regard. (LI.) From Mali to Mahi; from Fish to Moon. (LVI.) A Jest, of course, at his Studies. Acurious mathematical Quatrain of Omars has beenpointed out to me; the more curious because al-most exactly parallePd by some Verses of DoctorDonnes, that are quoted in Izaak Waltons Lives!Here is Omar : You and I are the image of a.

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