Excerpt from Quatrains of Omar Khayyám: From a Literal Prose Translation, by Edward Heron-Allen, of the Earliest Known Manuscript (Bodleian Library: Ouseley Mss., No. 140), Done Into VerseThe Author cannot close this brief note without thanking Mr. Heron-allen for his great kindness in making many valuable suggestions, and, in collating these quatrains with the original Persian.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.