kendall & Wincing D: Re #9: Assuming that you are referring to Edward J. Fitzgerald's First Edition of his English translation, the first line of the first poem reads: "Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night" according to this site: http://www.arabiannights.org/rubaiyat/index2.html

BTW, Wincing D, it's the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, to be really pedantic! (Likewise, two of the other titles you mention are "A Tale of Two Cities" and "A Christmas Carol"!) :^)

SharonA, feeling rather pedantic today