Rubaiyat of Eternal Secrets The Text

By Austin P. Torney

So it turns that I had one more illustrated Rubaiyat left in me, as a last hurrah, for the astronomer-poet, Omar Khayyam, in which we look in on him to celebrate his grand and timeless endeavors and philosophies.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin P. Torney
• Release date: Dec 15, 2015

Austin P. Torney

Austin began writing for real around the age of forty, a respite from working as an Information Engineer in the field of Computer Science, doing programming, an art, as it turned out. He calls himself a humanist, and is one who enjoys the liberal arts, utilizing science, for it pervades every discipline. He is currently retired and lives in the mountains of Poughquag, NY, near the Appalachian Trail. He enjoys tennis, writing, fun, humor, thinking, sleeping, poetry, music, dining, travel, romance, reading, swimming, and life.

Book preview

Introduction

So it turns that I had one more Rubaiyat left in me, as a last hurrah, for the astronomer-poet, Omar Khayyam, in which we look in on him to celebrate his grand and timeless endeavors and philosophies. I’ve used up all of my art compositions, and so this may be my swan song.

The writer’s pen stood forth, being first,

Instructing the artist’s stylus

To illustrate the words of the epic,

Since a picture was worth a thousand words.

"Perhaps we don’t even need the words",

Retorted the artist’s stylus,

"As I am worth so many".

Well, replied the writer’s pen,

"It’s true that many people now refuse

To read books without lots of pictures in them."

"How sad, for I guess some words

Are needed to round out the tale."

"True, for the two sides of the brain

Can then