 The Moving Finger writes ; and, having writ, Moves on : nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.  The North American Review - Pagina 579geredigeerd door - 1869Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1906 - 594 pagina’s
...injustice can be undone by present legislation or indeed by any present action. ' The moving finger writes, and having writ Moves on ; nor all your piety nor wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line, Nor all your tears wash out a word of it.' Let us suppose that some great aristocrat... | |
 | 1897 - 986 pagina’s
...memorials once scratched upon these time-honored stones cannot be erased. The moving finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your piety nor wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line. Nor all your tears wash out a word of it. ET MURRAY SMITH. From The Contemporary... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1868 - 56 pagina’s
...into the Field, He knows about it all — HE knows — HE knows ! B LXXVI. The Moving Finger writes ; and, having writ, Moves on : nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it. LXXVII. For let Philosopher and Doctor... | |
 | 1907 - 974 pagina’s
...only hope. In no other condition are the words of the Rubaiyat more true : "The moving finger writes, and having writ Moves on : Nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line, Nor all your tears wash out a Word of it." Dr. Balleray says : "The sins of... | |
 | 1878 - 612 pagina’s
...Player goes ; And He that tossed you down into the field, He knows about it all — HE knows— HE knows ! " The Moving Finger writes ; and, having writ,...on : nor all your piety nor wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line, Nor all your tears wash out a word of it." Few of the Rubaiyat are so consecutive... | |
 | 1908 - 940 pagina’s
...commonwealth which they served. The words of Omar Khayyam fit this hour : "The moving finger writes, and having writ, Moves on ; nor all your piety nor wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line, Nor all your tears wash out a breath of it." GENERAL JAMES H. BAKER said : In... | |
 | Laurier House, Omar Khayyam - 1872 - 70 pagina’s
...the Field, He knows about it all — HE knows — HE knows !33 : LXXI. I/ The Moving Finger writes ; and, having writ, Moves on : nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it. LXXII. And that inverted Bowl they... | |
 | 1876 - 1022 pagina’s
...moves, and checks, and slaya, And one by one back in the closet lays." " The moving finger writes, and. having writ, Moves on ; nor all your piety nor wit Shall luro it back to cancel half a lino. Nor all your tears wash out 'a word of it. " And that inverted... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1878 - 164 pagina’s
...the Field, He knows about it all — HE knows — HE knows!2 Y OF LXXI. N The Moving Finger writes ; and, having writ, Moves on : nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it. I ,. ll' f LXXII. And that inverted... | |
 | 1878 - 916 pagina’s
...Past." Or, to use the words of another poet, we shall realize this : — " The moving finger writes, and having writ Moves on, nor all your piety nor wit Shall move it back to cancel half a line, Nor all your tears wash out a word of it." this situation, what... | |
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