TRÜBNER'S

ORIENTAL SERIES.

OF

OMAR KHAYYÁM.

TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH VERSE

BY

E. H. WHINFIELD, M.A.

LATE OF THE BENGAL CIVIL SERVICE.

SECOND EDITION, REVISED.

LONDON:

KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER, & CO. LTD

PATERNOSTER HOUSE, CHARING CROSS ROAD.

1893.

PK

6516 657 1893

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"A mind

Not wholly clear, nor wholly blind,

Too keen to rest, too weak to find,

That travails sore, and brings forth wind."

M. ARNOLD.