A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread — and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness — Oh, Wilderness were Paradise e… - Edward FitzGerald

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A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread — and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness — Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!

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About Edward FitzGerald

Edward Marlborough FitzGerald (31 March 1809 – 14 June 1883), born Edward Marlborough Purcell, was an English writer, best known as the poet of the first and most famous English translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

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Birth Name: Edward Marlborough Purcell
Alternative Names: Edward Fitzgerald Edward Purcell Edward Fitz Gerald Edward Marlborough Fitzgerald Edward Fitz-Gerald Fitzgerald Edward Marlborough FitzGerald E. F. G
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