 | Alfred Williams Momerie - 1885 - 352 страница
...lantern, held At 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." If the salvation of Christ were a benefit conferred only upon a fe.w arbitrarily selected... | |
 | 1885 - 1024 страница
...pieces of the Game He plays Upon this Checker-board of Nights and Days : Hither and thither muves, 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... | |
 | Lyman Abbott - 1886 - 206 страница
...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...and slays, And one by one back in the closet lays. " The Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes, But Right and Left as strikes the Player goes, And He... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1887 - 544 страница
...writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit f (Sec Stanza XL/If.) LXIX But hclpless Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this Chequer-board...and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays. LXX The Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes, lint Here or There as strikes the Player goes; And... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1887 - 530 страница
...lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it. (See Stanza XLlfi.) LXIX But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this...Chequer-board of Nights and Days: Hither and thither mows, and checks, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays. LXX The Ball no question makes... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1888 - 138 страница
...come and go Round with the Sun-illumin'd Lantern held In Midnight by the Master of the Show ; LXIX But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this...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... | |
 | 1888 - 498 страница
...and go Round with this sun-illumined lantern held In midnight by the Master of the show ; Impotent pieces of the game he plays Upon this chequer-board...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... | |
 | Thomas C. Evans - 1888 - 284 страница
...midnight 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 - 1888 - 200 страница
...Show. " Important Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this Checker, board of Nights and Days ; H ither 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 and Left as strikes the Player goes, And He... | |
 | 1906 - 554 страница
...old Persian poet : ' We are no other than a moving row Of Magic Shadow-shapes that come and go. . . But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this...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... | |
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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. 
