The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

One of the best-known, most often quoted English classics. Edward FitzGerald's free translation of skeptical, hedonistic verse attributed to Omar Khayyam (1048—1122), Persian mathematician, astronomer and philosopher. Fifth edition incorporates FitzGerald's handwritten changes in the fourth edition, and is traditionally printed with the first edition. Notes explaining Persian names and unfamiliar terms.