Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Verses selected and incidental music composed by Harold Spina. Narrated by Jim Ameche
Hollywood, Capitol, 1954
Leaves of life ; A book of verses ; Myself when young ; In that old potter’s shop–Leave the wise to wrangle ; Shadow-shapes ; A chequer-board of nights and days ; Nearer to the heart’s desire.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. – Sohrab and Rustum. Read by Alfred Drake
New York, Caedmon, 1954
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, a slightly abridged reading from the 4th ed. of Edward FitzGerald’s translation. Sohrab and Rustum / Matthew Arnold, based on an episode in Firdausi’s Shanama; first published in Arnold’s Poems, London, 1853.
