English poem
Xlix
by Omar Khayyam (1048–1131)
'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.
Versos English Omar Khayyam Xlix
English poem
by Omar Khayyam (1048–1131)
'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.