Religion
Quatrain 270
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Religion
We are but chessmen, destined, it is plain,
That great chess-player, Heaven, to entertain;
It moves us on life's chess-board to and fro,
And then in death's dark box shuts up again.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 270.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/269/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 270.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/269/.
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