Omar Khayyam: But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this Checker-board of Nights and Days; Hither and thither moves, and check

But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this Checker-board of Nights and D — Omar Khayyam

But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this Checker-board of Nights and Days; Hither and thither moves, and checks, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays.

Omar Khayyam

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