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. Written on Their Foreheads - Страница 253написао/ла Robert Henry Elliot - 1879Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
| Omar Khayyam - 1879 - 146 страница
...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 Chequer-board...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... | |
| 1884 - 844 страница
...lines written long before the day of John Inglesant, but surely unknown to him — that we are but, — Impotent pieces of the game He plays Upon this chequer-board...and slays, And one by one back in the closet lays. Of human help to satisfy the soul's doubts it is also written, — Magst Priester oder Weise fragen,... | |
| 1880 - 820 страница
...In 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...slays, And, one by one, back in the closet lays." This is the answer of poetic or philosophic pantheism and fatalism. The third answer is that of philosophic... | |
| Alfred Williams Momerie - 1881 - 348 страница
...moving row Of tragic shadow-shapes, that come and go Eound with the sun-illumined lantern, held At midnight by the master of the show ; Impotent pieces...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 few arbitrarily selected... | |
| 1888 - 492 страница
...In 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 that... | |
| Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - 1885 - 440 страница
...a conversation as droll as that which passed between their masters was serious. Note A (page 123). Impotent pieces of the game he plays Upon this chequer-board...and slays, And one by one back in the closet lays. OMAR KHAYYAM. Don Quixote, it will be seen, held Teufelsdrockh's philosophy of clothes. Note B (page... | |
| 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... | |
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