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. The Modern Review - Página 5431884Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
| Robert Henry Elliot - 1879 - 376 páginas
...that come 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. Rabdiydt of Omar Khayyam. JOHN GRANT'S letter was indeed a godsend, and our hero looked forward anxiously... | |
| Omar Khayyam - 1879 - 142 páginas
...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... | |
| Omar Khayyam - 1879 - 146 páginas
...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... | |
| 1880 - 820 páginas
...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 páginas
...that come and go Eound with the sun-illumined lantern, held At midnight by the master of the show ; Impotent pieces of the game he plays Upon this chequer-board...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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... | |
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