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THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 69 by OMAR KHAYYAM

First Line: BUT HELPLESS PIECES OF THE GAME HE PLAYS
Last Line: AND ONE BY ONE BACK IN THE CLOSET LAYS.
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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