The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Jr. by Wallace Irwin
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vegetable, the rose can never compete with the Cabbage.
LXXIV - He Whistles on his Fingers and his Toes; there are many who may very justly consider this line as undignified and unrefined; but such readers should always remember that these quatrains may be taken as purely symbolical. Thus the Fingers and Toes may be regarded as mental aspects and the whistle as whatever best suits the reader. LXXXIII - Asphodel; the fabled flower of immortality; also a brand of cigar much favoured by the younger Omar. LXXXV - Anodyne; some translations have this Iodine. XCIII - The How is swiftly mingling with the When, etc.; the great questions, How, What and When, are being withdrawn unanswered by the dnulovpec, who is responsible for their propounding. |
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