 | Gerald Stanley Lee - 1896 - 176 pagina’s
...vastness in which the Persian felt it logical to lose his soul, was Job's way of finding his. " Impotent pieces of the game he plays Upon this checkerboard of Nights and Days; Hither and thither moves and checks and slays, And one by one in the closet lays. " And that inverted bowl... | |
 | Samuel Harris - 1896 - 602 pagina’s
...and go Round with this sun, illumined lantern held In midnight by the master of the show. Important pieces of the game he plays Upon this checker-board of nights and days Hither and thither moves and checks and slays, And one by one back in the closet lays. The ball no question... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke - 1897 - 482 pagina’s
...new ethical horror to the dismal delusion of life, and to revolt to the pessimism of Omar Khayyam. " We are no other than a moving row Of Magic Shadow-shapes, that come and go Round with this Sun-illumined Lantern, held In Midnight by the Master of the Show; " Impotent Pieces of the Game... | |
 | Volney Streamer - 1897 - 248 pagina’s
...Soul on fire, Cast on the Darkness into which Ourselves, So late emerg'd from, shall so soon expire. We are no other than a moving row Of Magic shadow-shapes that come and go Round with this Sun-illumin'd Lantern held In Midnight by the Master of the Show ; Impotent Pieces of the Game... | |
 | Francis Dana - 1897 - 334 pagina’s
...heroism consists in passive endurance of rain, mud, pestilence, and a diet of clams. DRAMATIS PERSONS "We are no other than a moving row Of magic shadow-shapes, that come and go Round in this sun-illumined lantern, held In midnight by the master of the show." —OMAR KHAYYAM. THOMAS... | |
 | Adolphus Alfred Jack - 1897 - 326 pagina’s
...whose future actions he can predict nothing, and who, while comporting themselves as if they were " no other than a moving row Of Magic Shadow-shapes that come and go," x give everywhere proof of their real humanity. With this signal exception, and allowing for the circumstance... | |
 | Adolphus Alfred Jack - 1897 - 324 pagina’s
...whose future actions he can predict nothing, and who, while comporting themselves as if they were " no other than a moving row Of Magic Shadow-shapes that come and go," give everywhere proof of their real humanity. With this signal exception, and allowing for the circumstance... | |
 | Adolphus Alfred Jack - 1897 - 326 pagina’s
...whose future actions he can predict nothing, and who, while comporting themselves as if they were " no other than a moving row Of Magic Shadow-shapes that come and go," give everywhere proof of their real humanity. With this signal exception, and allowing for the circumstance... | |
 | Francis Dana - 1897 - 334 pagina’s
...passive endurance of rain, mud, pestilence, and a diet of clams. DRAMATIS PERSONS "We are no oiher than a moving row Of magic shadow-shapes, that come and go Round in this sun-illumined lantern, held In midnight by the master of the show." —OMAR KHAYYAM. THOMAS... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 564 pagina’s
...from a Soul on fire, Cast on the Darkness into which Ourselves, So late emerged from, shall so soon expire. LXVIII. We are no other than a moving row...Upon this Checkerboard of Nights and Days; Hither and thither moves, and checks, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays. LXX. The Ball no... | |
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expire. LXVIII. We are no other than a moving row Of Magic Shadow-shapes that come and go Round with the Sun-illumined Lantern held In Midnight by the Master of the Show; LXIX. But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this Checkerboard of Nights... 
