Tis all a Chequer-board of Nights and Days Where Destiny with Men for Pieces plays: Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays. Essays on Islám - Seite 15von Edward Sell - 1901 - 267 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Omar Khayyam - 1859 - 48 Seiten
...And when the Angel with his darker Draught Draws up to Thee — take that, and do not shrink. XLIX. 'Tis all a Chequer-board of Nights and Days Where...and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays. L. The Ball no Question makes of Ayes and Noes, But Right or Left as strikes the Player goes; And He... | |
| John Bruce Norton - 1865 - 394 Seiten
...up Into one bag."—HEYWOOD. " "Tis all a Chequer-board of Nights and Days Where Destiny with ^len for Pieces plays: Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays."—OMAR KHAYYAM. Mourn not for me, my friends; a few short years, And every piece that erowds... | |
| John Burley Waring - 1873 - 472 Seiten
...magic shadow show, Play'd in a box whose candle is the sun, Round which we phantom figures come and go. 'Tis all a chequer-board of nights and days, Where...and slays, And one by one back in the closet lays." Thus sad are Omar's strains ; but we, in place of mournful despondency, are full of energy, activity,... | |
| 1878 - 834 Seiten
...effort. Men were but playthings in the hands of a pitiless, or at least a capricious destiny. " TIB all a chequer-board of nights and days, Where Destiny...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... | |
| Edward Sell - 1880 - 372 Seiten
...seemed to rule all the affairs of men. A pitiless destiny shaped out the course of each human being. " 'Tis all a chequer-board of nights and days Where...and slays, And one by one back in the closet lays. The moving finger writes ; and, having writ, Moves on : nor all thy piety nor wit Shall lure it back... | |
| Edward FitzGerald - 1887 - 544 Seiten
...when the Angel with his darker Draught Draws up to Thee — take that, and do not shrink. XLIX T is all a Chequer-board of Nights and Days Where Destiny...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... | |
| Edward FitzGerald - 1887 - 530 Seiten
...that, and do not shrink. • XLIX 'T is all a Chequer-board of Nights and Days Where Destiny \vith Men for Pieces plays : 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... | |
| Omar Khayyam - 1888 - 136 Seiten
...his darker Draught Draws up to Thee — take that, and do not shrink. XLIX 'T is all a Clicquer-board of Nights and Days Where Destiny with Men for Pieces...and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays. L The Ball no Question makes of Ayes and Noes, But Right or Left, as strikes the Player, goes; And... | |
| Edward FitzGerald - 1889 - 532 Seiten
...: And when ihe Angel with his darker Draught Draws up to Thee—take that, and do not shrink. XLIX. 'Tis all a Chequer-board of Nights and Days Where...and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays. L. The Ball no Question makes of Ayes and Noes. But Right or Left, as strikes the Player goes ; And... | |
| Omar Khayyam - 1896 - 400 Seiten
...slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays. (XLIX) 'Tis all a Chequer-board of Nights and Days 1859 Where Destiny with Men for Pieces plays: Hither and...and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays. Nicolas Nous ne sommes ici-bas que des poupe'es dont <«j") la roue des cieux s'amuse, ceci est une... | |
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