Word: khayam
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Dates: during 1878-1878
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Those who recognize the catholicity which the trustees of the Library have shown in the selection of books will be surprised to learn that the poems of the Persian poet, Omar Khayam, are not on its shelves. The poems of Saadi and Hafiz are there, but, notwithstanding the fact that there is an elegant English translation of this astronomer poet, none of his works can be found in the College Library except his Algebra, and a few extracts from his verses published in the North American Review...
...Omar Khayam, or Omar the Tent-maker, is the Horace of Persia. He was born in Khorassan, about the middle of the eleventh century of our era, and died in the year 1123. His life was passed in astronomical studies, and he probably composed his quatrains, which are bound together by no logical connection, in the intervals of his professional work...