Saturday, May 2, 2009

Red Book Rubaiyat

12
A book of Verse underneath the Bough,
A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread--and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness--
Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!
from "Red Book Rubaiyat"
Omar Kyayyam
rendered into English verse
by Edward Fitzgerald
Arranged and illustrated
by Linda Carter Holman
Copyrighted by Linda Carter Holman
Red Shoe Publishing
2009