Living
LXIX
From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Living
But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays
Upon this Chequer-board of Nights and Days;
Hither and thither moves, and checks, and slays,
And one by one back in the Closet lays.
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FitzGerald, Edward. “LXIX.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/72/.
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FitzGerald, Edward. “LXIX.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/72/.
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