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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 69, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poet's Biography
First Line: But helpless pieces of the game he plays
Last Line: And one by one back in the closet lays.
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
First Line: But helpless pieces of the game he plays
Last Line: And one by one back in the closet lays.
Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar
Subject(s): Time
But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays
Upon this Chequer-board of Nights and Days;
Hither and thither moves, and cheeks, and slays,
And one by one back in the Closet lays.
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