 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
 | 1900 - 190 страница
...go ... visionary Shapes that come and go .... Upon this Chequer-board of Nights and Days 'Tis all a Chequer-board of Nights and Days Hither and thither moves, and checks, and slays Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays . liv 2 ; EI, xxxix 2 liii 2 . lv 4 ; EI, xl 4 lvi I... | |
 | William W. Hudson, Graeme Mercer Adam - 1901 - 650 страница
...midnight, by the Master of the show. But helpless pieces of the game He plays Upon the checkerboard of nights and days, Hither and thither moves and checks...and slays, And one by one back in the closet lays. Disgusted with his fruitless search, Koheleth exclaims : I hated life; yea, I hated all my labour which... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1901 - 186 страница
...moment of time when I am tranquil. LXIX. Impotent Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this Checkerboard of Nights and Days, Hither and thither moves, and...and slays, And one by one back in the closet lays. «34 X4gbt on Omar Khayyam This quatrain is the version of : To speak plain language, and not in parables,... | |
 | Wallace E. Nevill - 1901 - 104 страница
...show; " But helpless pieces of the game he plays Omar Upon the chequer-board of nights and days; *" m " Hither and thither moves and checks and slays, And one by one back in the closet lays." DOES THIS, THEREFORE, TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AWAY FROM MAN? Are we then moved like "HELPLESS PIECES"?... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1902 - 350 страница
...come and go Round with this Sun-illumin'd Lantern held In Midnight by the Master of the Show; 22 LXXIV Impotent Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this Chequer-board...and slays; And one by one back in the Closet lays. LXXV The Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes, But Right or Left as strikes the Player goes; And... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1902 - 312 страница
...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...and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays. * They told their fellows, and to Sleep return'd. (Third edition.) f And Hell the Shadow of a Soul... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1902 - 312 страница
...Round with the Sun-illumined Lantern held J 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. * They told their fellows, and to Sleep return'd. (Third edition.) f And Hell the Shadow of a Soul... | |
 | ROBERT BROWNING - 1902 - 62 страница
...pessimistic Omar is made the guide to it Even his conception of God offers no hope; for we are But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this Chequer-board...and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays. Freedom, moral obligation, God's love, immortality, all these would Omar, in his darkest moods, wrest... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1902 - 74 страница
...pessimistic Omar is made the guide to it. Even his conception of God offers no hope; for we are But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this Chequer-board...and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays. Freedom, moral obligation, God's love, immortality, all these would Omar, in his darkest moods, wrest... | |
 | Estelle Davenport Adams - 1902 - 316 страница
...and go Round with the Sun-illumined Lantern held In Midnight by the Master of the Show ; But helpless 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 nor Wit Shall lure... | |
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