John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
7356 James Russell Lowell 1819-1891 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 7356 |
| AUTHOR: | James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) |
| QUOTATION: | These pearls of thought in Persian gulfs were bred, Each softly lucent as a rounded moon; The diver Omar plucked them from their bed, FitzGerald strung them on an English thread. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | In a Copy of Omar Khayyam. |