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1977: parody of FitzGerald’s Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

8.5x11” single sheet folded in quarters. Calligraphy by Dale
Gluckman.

As received (inner pages shown)

First panel (card text below, followed by FitzGerald’s (first edition)).

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Awake! For Mutton in the Bowl of Soup
Has filled the spoon beginning now to droop:
And Lo! The Builders of the Road have caught
The Sultan’s Mazda in an endless loop.

Awake! For Morning in the Bowl of Night
Has flung the stone that puts the stars to flight:
And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught
The Sultan’s Turret in a Noose of Light.