 | Alfred Williams Momerie - 1889 - 332 pagina’s
...the show; Impotent pieces of the game he plays Upon his chequer-board of nights and days; Hither and thither moves, and checks and slays, And one by one back in the cupboard lays." Iii the East pessimism has been particularly prevalent. It forms the essence of the... | |
 | 1890 - 660 pagina’s
...pieces of the Game He plays Upon this Chequer-board of Nights and Days, Hither and thither moves, und checks, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays. I wish I might quote the four magnificent stanzas of which following is the last : Oh Thou, who Man... | |
 | John Churton Collins - 1891 - 242 pagina’s
...as— Impotent pieces of the game He plays Upon this chequer-board of nights and days ; Hither and thither moves and checks and slays, And one by one back in the closet lays. Brought to understand A sad astrology, the boundless plan That makes you tyrants in your iron skies,... | |
 | John Churton Collins - 1891 - 240 pagina’s
...described as— Impotent pieces of the game He plays Upon this chequer-board of nights and days; Hither and thither moves and checks and slays, And one by one back in the closet lays. Brought to understand A sad astrology, the boundless plan That makes you tyrants in your iron skies,... | |
 | John Churton Collins - 1891 - 250 pagina’s
...pieces of the gome He plays Upon this cheijucr-board of nights and days; Hither and thither moves anil checks and slays, > And one by one back in the closet lays. . . • . > Brought to understand A sad astrology, the boundless plan That makes you tyrants in your... | |
 | Josiah Royce - 1892 - 570 pagina’s
...means by letting me become finite is utterly mysterious. I submit to this, as to everything else: — " The Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes, But Here...or There as strikes the Player goes ; And he that toss'd you down into the Field, He knows ahout it all — He knows — He knows." The divine wisdom... | |
 | Josiah Royce - 1892 - 598 pagina’s
...means by letting me become finite is utterly mysterious. I submit to this, as to everything else: — " The Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes, But Here...or There as strikes the Player goes ; And he that toss'd yon down into the Field, He knows about it all — He knows — He knows." The divine wisdom... | |
 | Francis Hindes Groome - 1895 - 170 pagina’s
...Show; But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this Chequer-board of Nights and Days; Hither and thither moves, and checks, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays." Yet to how many critics this has seemed but a poem of the wine-cup and roses! FitzGerald proved a most... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1895 - 810 pagina’s
...Show; Impotent 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 makes of ayes and noes But right or left as strikes the Player goes ; And He that... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1923 - 796 pagina’s
...Show; Impotent 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 makes of ayes and noes But right or left as strikes the Player goes ; And He that... | |
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thither moves, and checks, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays. LXX. The Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes, But Here or There as strikes the Player goes; And He that tossed you down into the Field, He knows about it all 
