Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam Av Omar Khayyam

<p><b>The best-loved, bestselling poem ever published - a poem that embraces the theme "seize the moment"</b><br><br>"One thing is certain, that <b>Life flies</b>; One thing is certain, and the Rest is Lies"<br><br>The epic, beautiful poem Rubaiyat is widely attributed to Omar Khayyam. As much a philosopher as a poet, he was a Persian astronomer, who praised <b>the beauties of nature, the essence of love, the mysteries of existence, the limits of private life and the joys of wine.</b><br><br>Translated in 1857 by Edward Fitzgerald it was originally published in English anonymously, but was later discovered and promoted by the Pre-Raphaelites, who would have emphathised with many of the poem''s themes.<br><br>Published here as part of the Great Poets series, it is without doubt one of the greatest works of literature of all time.</p>