 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1888 - 476 páginas
...by the Master of the show ; 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. The moving finger writes ; and, having writ, Moves on ; nor all your piety and wit Shall lure it back to... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1888 - 138 páginas
...Master of the Show ; 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 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... | |
 | Thomas C. Evans - 1888 - 284 páginas
...by the master of the 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 box he lays. " The moving finger writes and, having writ, Moves on ; nor all your piety nor wit Can... | |
 | Lyman Abbott - 1889 - 328 páginas
...by the Master of the Show; " Impotent Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this Checker-board of Nights and Days; Hither and thither moves, and checks, and...toss'd you down into the Field, He knows about it all — He knows — He knows. " The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on; nor all your Piety... | |
 | Charles M. Clark - 1889 - 642 páginas
...by the master of the show; But helpless pieces of the game he plays Upon the chequer-board of nights and days; Hither and thither moves, and checks, and...lays. The ball no question makes of ayes and noes, But here and there, as strikes the players, goes; And he that tossed you down into the field— He knows... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1889 - 532 páginas
...plays : Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays. L. The Ball no Question makes of Ayes and Noes. But Right...Left, as strikes the Player goes ; And He that toss'd Thee down into the Field, He knows about it all—HE knows—HE knows! • LI. The Moving Finger writes... | |
 | 1906 - 554 páginas
...Shadow-shapes that come and go. . . 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. ' The nearest Whitman comes to this sort of self-contempt and infidelity is in the lines ' As I Ebb'd with... | |
 | 1889 - 1024 páginas
...DRAMATIC STORY. BY SELTNA DOLARO. We are but pieces in 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. PHILADELPHIA: DEDICATION. TO AM PALMER, ESQ., PALMER'S AND MADISON SQUARE THEATRES, NEW YORK. To you,... | |
 | Alfred Williams Momerie - 1889 - 334 páginas
...midnight by the master of 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." In the East pessimism has been particularly prevalent. It forms the essence of the... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1890 - 164 páginas
...Days ; Hither and 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 Right...toss'd you down into the Field, He knows about it all — HE knows — HE knows!22 LXXI. The Moving Finger writes ; and, having writ, Moves on : nor all... | |
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Chequer-board of Nights and Days; Hither and thither moves, and checks, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays. 
