...bad breakdown would be irretrievable. Quatrain 57 contains an indubitable reference to a bunker — Who didst with Pitfall and with Gin Beset the Road I was to wander in. This is a particularly interesting passage, as the last word of the first line may refer either to...

...quite, One Glimpse of It within the Tavern caught Better than in the Temple lost outright. LVII. Oh Thou, who didst with Pitfall and with Gin Beset the Road I was to wander in, Thou wilt not with Predestination round Enmesh me, and impute my Fall to Sin ? LVIII. Oh, Thou, who Man of baser Earth...

...Grace ; Not one Good Fellow of the Tavern but Would kick so poor a Coward from the place. LXXXVII. Oh Thou, who didst with pitfall and with gin Beset the Road I was to wander in, Thou wilt not with Predestin'd Evil round Enmesh, and then impute my Fall to Sin ? LXXXVIII. Oh Thou, who Man of baser...

...dross-allay'd— Sue for a debt we never did contract, And cannot answer — oh ! the sorrv trade '. "0 Thou, who didst with pitfall and with gin Beset the road I was to wander in, Thou wilt not with predestin'd evil round Enmesh, and then impute my fall to sin ! '' Again, Omar thinks out St. Paul's...

...dross allayed — Sue for a debt we never did contract, And cannot answer — oh, the sorry trade ! Oh Thou who didst with pitfall and with gin Beset the...wander in, Thou wilt not with predestined evil round Emesh, and then impute my fall to sin ! Oh Thou who man of baser earth didst make, And even with Paradise...

...dealing with my phrases, but with those of your revelation. I say with the old Persian poet — ' Oh, Thou who did.st with pitfall and with gin Beset the road I was to wander in, Thou wilt not with 1'redeslined Evil round Enmesh, and then impute my fall to sin.' The rector thought the old Persian...

...dross-allay'd — Sue for a Debt we never did contract, And cannot answer — Oh the sorry trade ! LXXX. Oh Thou, who didst with pitfall and with gin Beset the Road I was to wander in, Thou wilt not with Predestin'd Evil round Enmesh, and then impute my Fall to Sin ! • LXXXI. Oh, Thou, who Man of baser...

...ay 'd, .Sue for a debt we never did contract, And canuot answer. Oh, the sorry trade ! 1879] [May Oh Thou who didst with pitfall and with gin Beset the...evil round Enmesh, and then impute my fall to sin ! 81. Oh Thou, who man of baser earth didst make, And e'en with Paradise devise the snake, For all...

...never did contract, And cannot answer. Oh, the sorry trade ! 1879] The True Omar Khayam. [May 80. Oh Thou who didst with pitfall and with gin Beset the...to wander in, Thou wilt not with predestined evil nmnd Enmesh, and then impute my fait to sin ! 81. Oh Thou, who man of baser earth didst make, And e'en...

...third chapters of Genesis has been admirably expressed by Omar Khayyam in the following stanzas : — " O Thou, who didst with pitfall and with gin Beset the road I was to wander in, Thou wilt not with predestination round Enmesh me, and impute my fall to sin ? " O Thou, who man of baser earth didst...