| John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 596 páginas
...and Days, Hither and thither moves and checks and mates, And one by one back in the closet lays. LXX. The Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes, But right...or left, as strikes the Player, goes ; And He that tossed you down into the field, He knows about it all — He knows, He knows. The moving Finger writes... | |
| Omar Khayyam - 1898 - 394 páginas
...the original of F. v. 69 : 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 first two lines in F. i. 49 read : 'Tis all a Chequer-board of Nights and Days Where Destiny with Men... | |
| Omar Khayyam - 1898 - 130 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... | |
| Edward Heron-Allen - 1898 - 50 páginas
...this his quatrain : 69. 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. So that the sentiment of No. 52 comes clearly from Hafiz. II. Rest not thy trust on that 9-10. And... | |
| Robert William Chambers - 1898 - 140 páginas
...BATTLES .... 97 SMITH'S BATTERY 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. FITZGERALD. ON the evening of the the cavalry left by moonlight, riding along the railroad toward Slow-River... | |
| Nathan Haskell Dole - 1898 - 396 páginas
...Master of the 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? " * "Yes, and did you not compose one with the same thought, comparing life to our great game of chugan... | |
| Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 564 páginas
...Master of the Show; LXIX. But helpless 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 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... | |
| Robert William Chambers - 1898 - 318 páginas
...— LOVELACE. SMITH'S BATTERY. 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. FITZGERALD. ON the evening of the I5th the cavalry left by moonlight, riding along the railroad toward... | |
| Mary Gaunt - 1898 - 320 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.' TOCELYN RUTHVEN was very thankful when it J pleased the powers that ruled over his destiny to give... | |
| Omar Khayyam - 1898 - 54 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... | |
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