Rubaiyat

[Sarah]

Quatrians; as, the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Sometimes in pl.construed as sing., a poem in such stanzas.

[Sarah]

A poem from by omar khayyam from the 11th century
The rubaiyat - omar khayyam - 11th century
It contain ~80 verses, each with wise counsel. One of my professors from school liked to quote the verse below to explian the arrow of time.

[Sarah]

A quantrain (four line poem-type deal).