Penny Dreadfuls, 1900 · page 27 of 142
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, and the Salaman and Absal of Jami — page 27: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Victorian Penny Dreadful Page Analysis This is a title page and opening text from a serialized Victorian publication. It presents the *Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám of Naishápur*—a poetic work translated into English quatrains. The page displays the first three numbered stanzas, which describe dawn breaking over a sultanate, a mysterious voice calling from a tavern as morning arrives, and revelers at the tavern door urging entry, lamenting life's brevity. The ornamental border and page number "2" suggest this is an early installment of a serialized edition rather than a standalone volume.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
rc ee a ae eee eel eee . . “ And, once departed, may return no more.” RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM OF NAISHAPUR. I Wake! For the Sun who scatter’d into flight The Stars before him from the Field of Night, Drives Night along with them from Heavy’n, and strikes The Sultan’s Turret with a Shaft of Light. Il. Before the phantom of False morning died, Methought a Voice within the Tavern cried, ‘* When all the Temple is prepared within, “Why nods the drowsy Worshipper outside ?” -_- — ee —— iit, And, as the Cock crew, those who stood before | The Tavern shouted—‘“ Open then the Door ! | “You know how little while we have to stay, 2 COMICMOOoOkKS. conn