A beautiful old copy of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam has long been a prize possession. I love the poem and the exquisite paintings that accompany old versions of the book. So it's fair to say I was pretty amazed to find this 1946 edition for $2 in DC last week.
From the 11th quatrain:
Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough,
A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse - and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness -
And Wilderness is Paradise enow.
A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse - and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness -
And Wilderness is Paradise enow.
