Willy-Nilly Flowing

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Into this universe, and why not knowing, Nor whence, like water willy-nilly flowing;And out of it, as wind along the waste,I know not whither, willy-nilly blowing.

Artist

Name:: Vedder, Elihu
Dates:: 1836-1923
Country:: US

Illustration

Subject:: People
Technique:: Halftone Process
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The Library of Congress, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
Authors:: FitzGerald, Edward; Khayyám, Omar
Publisher:: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1894
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Description:

Two female figures can be seen in a whirl of floating veils.

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