Penny Dreadfuls, 1900 · page 52 of 142
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, and the Salaman and Absal of Jami — page 52: what you’re looking at
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This page presents poetry in numbered quatrains (XCVIII, XCIX, and C) from what appears to be a Victorian-era edition of *Rubaiyat* — likely *The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam*, a popular Persian-influenced poem. The verses express philosophical laments: the first wishes an angel could alter fate; the second imagines reshaping existence to match desire; the third reflects on the moon's cyclical returns and an absent beloved. The decorative border and formal typography indicate this is from a bound literary edition rather than serialized penny dreadful fiction, despite the query's framing.
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: 26 RUBAIYAT OF g XCVIII. Would but some wingéd Angel ere too late Arrest the yet unfolded Roll of Fate, And make the stern Recorder otherwise Knregister, or quite obliterate ! XCIX. Ah Love! could you and I with Him conspire To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire, Would not we shatter it to bits—and then Re-mould it nearer to the Heart’s Desire ! C. Yon rising Moon that looks for us again— How oft hereafter will she wax and wane ; How oft hereafter rising look for us Through this same Garden—and for one in vain ! (C(O) MIGDoOo KS 4(CO) in