tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post4860568712774611373..comments2024-03-25T22:38:46.822+08:00Comments on in lieu of a field guide: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám of Naishapur (Edward FitzGerald)Risehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-5293371212595923882010-10-10T16:57:13.320+08:002010-10-10T16:57:13.320+08:00"The Sultan's Turret in a Noose of Light&..."The Sultan's Turret in a Noose of Light"..."And Wilderness is Paradise enow." <br /><br />Yeah! The iambic pentameters really evoke beautiful images.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-3161052775979442302010-10-10T07:35:30.198+08:002010-10-10T07:35:30.198+08:00The first of the Rubáiyát is probably the first po...The first of the Rubáiyát is probably the first poem I ever learned -- "Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night/ Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight:/ And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught/ The Sultan's Turret in a Noose of Light." Also very fond of "Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough,/ A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse---and Thou/ Beside me singing inThe Modesto Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495938191100565263noreply@blogger.com