The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam . ^kU\E are no other than a \A/ moving rowOf Magic Shadow-shapes that comeand go Round with the Sun-illumind Lantern heldIn Midnight by the Master of the Show; 76. sssas BUT helpless Pieces of theGame He playsUpon this Chequer-board of Nights and and thither moves, and checks, and slays,And one by one back in the Closetlays. 77 mmm m /^^/HE Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes,But Here or There as strikes the Player goes,And He that tossd you down into the Field,He knows about it all—he knows —HE knows! W/TW/7W/ 78 88S8S V^/HE Moving Finger writes; a

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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam . ^kU\E are no other than a \A/ moving rowOf Magic Shadow-shapes that comeand go Round with the Sun-illumind Lantern heldIn Midnight by the Master of the Show; 76. sssas BUT helpless Pieces of theGame He playsUpon this Chequer-board of Nights and and thither moves, and checks, and slays,And one by one back in the Closetlays. 77 mmm m /^^/HE Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes,But Here or There as strikes the Player goes,And He that tossd you down into the Field,He knows about it all—he knows —HE knows! W/TW/7W/ 78 88S8S V^/HE Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,Moves on: nor all your Piety norWit Shall lure it back to cancel halfa Line, Nor all your Tears wash out aWord of it 79

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