 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 446 pagina’s
...LXIX 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...tossed you down into the Field, He knows about it all — HE knows — HE knows! I,XXI The Moving Finger writes; and having writ, Moves on: nor all your... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 448 pagina’s
...LXIX 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...tossed you down into the Field, He knows about it all — HE knows — HE knows! LXXI The Moving Finger writes; and having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety... | |
 | Thomas Donaldson - 1896 - 318 pagina’s
...show. LXIX. Impotent Pieces of the Game he Plays Upon the Chequer-board of Nights and Days: Hither and thither moves, and checks, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays. LXXII. And that inverted Bowl they call the Sky, Whereunder groveling coop'd we live and die, Lift... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1896 - 400 pagina’s
...LXXIV. 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. LXXV. The Ball no Question makes of Ayes and Noes, But Right or Left as strikes the Player goes; And... | |
 | Lucas Malet - 1896 - 386 pagina’s
...; 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." OMAR KHAYYAM. THE CARISSIMA PROLOGUE ANTONY HAMMOND told me this story one wet afternoon sitting in... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1896 - 400 pagina’s
...helpless Pieces of the Game He plays (LXIX.) Upon this Chequer-board of Nights and Days; 1889 Hither and thither moves, and checks, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays. (XLIX) 'Tis all a Chequer-board of Nights and Days 1859 Where Destiny with Men for Pieces plays: Hither... | |
 | Samuel Harris - 1896 - 602 pagina’s
...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 makes of ayes and noes, But right or left, as strikes the player, goes; And he... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke - 1897 - 482 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 Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on; nor all your Piety nor wit Shall lure it back... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1897 - 434 pagina’s
...LXXIV. 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. LXXV. The Ball no Question makes of Ayes and Noes, But Right or Left as strikes the Player goes; And... | |
 | Volney Streamer - 1897 - 248 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 Bight or Left as strikes the Player goes ; And He... | |
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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 
