| Charles M. Clark - 1889 - 642 страница
...lantern held In midnight 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...and slays, And one by one back in the closet lays. The ball no question makes of ayes and noes, But here and there, as strikes the players, goes; And... | |
| Lyman Abbott - 1889 - 328 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...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... | |
| 1889 - 1024 страница
...A 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...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 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." In the East pessimism has been particularly prevalent. It forms the essence of the... | |
| Edward FitzGerald - 1889 - 532 страница
...come and go Round with the Sun-illumined Lantern held In Midnight by the Master of the Show; LXIX. But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this Chequer-board of Nights and Days; LXX. The Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes, But Here or There as strikes the Player goes; And... | |
| 1890 - 660 страница
...and go Round with this sun-illumin'd 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. I wish I might quote the four magnificent stanzas of which the following is the last : Oh Thou, who... | |
| John Churton Collins - 1891 - 240 страница
...suggested by Mr. Fitzgerald's version of the Eubaiydt of Omar, where men are described as — Impotent pieces of the game He plays Upon this chequer-board...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 - 244 страница
...Fitzgerald's version of the Rubaiydt of Omar, where men are described as — Impotent pieces of the game Ho plays Upon this chequer-board of nights and days ;...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,... | |
| Robert Green Ingersoll - 1894 - 104 страница
...that come and go Bound with the Sun-illumin'd Lantern held In Midnight by the Master of the Show ; But helpless Pieces of the Game he plays Upon this...and checks, and slays, And one by one back in the Closest lays. The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on ; nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall... | |
| Francis Hindes Groome - 1895 - 170 страница
...with the Sun-illumined Lantern held In Midnight by the Master of the Show ; 78 . Two Suffolk Friends. But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this...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... | |
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