Lexicographical Neighbors of Rubai
Literary usage of Rubai
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Wanderer in Arabia: Or, Western Footsteps in Eastern Tracks by George T. Lowth (1855)
"Wady rubai— Rocks and Rivulets—The Downs of Edom—The Entrance of the City—' Q-ood
Family Houses'—Petra Politeness— The Sikh Pass—Petra Gentlemen—The ..."
2. The Westminster Review by John Chapman, Charles William Wason (1827)
"He said, " You should have kept the same rhyme ;" and recited the following
rubai :— ' This tyranny which the sphere exercises shall be inquired into ..."
3. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"Various forms of the rubai were borrowed from the Arabic, and one specific ...
It is this style of rubai, affording the most concise expression to views of ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1904)
"Various forms of the rubai were borrowed from the Arabic, and one specific ...
It is this style of rubai, affording the most concise expression to views of ..."
5. Memoirs of Zehir-Ed-Din Muhammed Baber: Emperor of Hindustan by Babur, Charles Waddington (1826)
"I had composed the following rubai in a well-known measure, and was dubious Baber's
... I presented my rubai, however, to the Khan, and expressed to him my ..."
6. The Bookman (1908)
"Imitation Persian is easily woven by poets who cannot think, for the subject may
change from rubai to rubai, even from line to line, and the printer will ..."
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