A stanza of four lines, the Rubáiyát.

The Rubáiyát of Omar khayyám

The author of the original collection of rhymes was

Ghiyáthuddin Abulfath Omar bin Ibráhim al-Khayyámi: Omar, son of Abraham, the tentmaker.

He was an 11 century mathematician. Died in his birthplace Naishapur in 1123. Edward FitzGerald, born in Suffolk ,1809, translated the work in four-lined stanzas or quatrains. In Five following Editions. Rewriting parts each time.

This 'quatrain' for the summer 's moment:

And look- a thousand Blossoms with the Day

Woke- and a thousand scatter'd into Clay

And this first Summer Month that brings the Rose

Shall take Jamshýd and Kaikobád away.

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( "Rubaiyat" (derived from the Arabic root word for 4) means "quatrains" ): ------------