“For in and out, above, about, below, 'Tis nothing but a Magic Shadow-show, Play'd in a Box whose Candle is the Sun, Round which we Phantom Figures come and go.”

About Edward FitzGerald

Poet • British

Edward FitzGerald was an English poet and writer, best known for his celebrated 1859 translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Born in Suffolk, England, he lived a reclusive life of literary leisure, dedicated to his...