Omar Khayyám: 'Tis all a Chequer-board of Nights and Days Where Destiny with Men for Pieces plays: Hither and thither moves, and mates

'Tis all a Chequer-board of Nights and Days Where Destiny with Men for Pieces pl — Omar Khayyám

'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.

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