 | Omar Khayyam - 1859 - 48 pages
...into the Field, He knows about it all — HE knows — HE knows ! -° LI. The Moving Finger writes ; and, having writ, Moves on : nor all thy Piety nor...half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it. LII. And that inverted Bowl we call The Sky, Whereunder crawling coop't we live and die, Lift not thy... | |
 | Edward Sell - 1880 - 372 pages
...thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the closet lays. The moving finger writes ; and, having writ, Moves on : nor all thy piety nor...a line, Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." Neither from earth nor heaven could he find any answer to his cry. With sages and saints he discussed,... | |
 | Edward Sell - 1880 - 376 pages
...thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the closet lays. The moving finger writes ; and, having writ, Moves on : nor all thy piety nor wit Shall I inv it back to cancel half a line, Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." Neither from earth nor... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1881 - 216 pages
...but The moving finger writes, and having writ, Moves on, nor all thy piety, nor wit, Can lure it back to cancel half a line, Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it. And, therefore, it were well to take the warning in time, before it becomes too late. 1 can not look... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1888 - 138 pages
...down into the Field, He knows about it all — HE knows — HE knows ! LI The Moving Finger writes ; and, having writ, Moves on : nor all thy Piety nor...half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it. LII And that inverted Bowl we call The Sky, Whereunder crawling coop't we live and die, Lift not thy... | |
 | Susan Coolidge - 1890 - 382 pages
...The moving finger writes ; and having writ, Moves on : nor all thy piety or wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line, Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it. OMAR KHAYYAM. MY friends, wait God's good time till He gives you the signal, and dismisses you from... | |
 | 1924 - 496 pages
...significance of its purpose lies in the quotation from which it was borrowed: 'The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on : nor all thy Piety nor...a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.' A pretty conception! Nevertheless, it is as well to remember that these political assassins live up... | |
 | Laura Daintrey - 1895 - 390 pages
..."The moving finger writes, and having writ, Moves on : not all thy Piety and Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it." OMAR KHAYYAM. r I "'HE National Day of Mourning, appointed by the King in memory of those who fell... | |
 | Mrs. Forrester - 1895 - 316 pages
...MY LADY," ETC., ETC. MERCANTILE LIBRARY, NEW YORK. (Ars. CoUv^l -r -' sc, The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on : nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it ba;k to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it. — OMAR KHAYYAM 3^9095 PHILADELPHIA... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1896 - 400 pages
...Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it. (Li.) The Moving Finger writes ; and, having writ, 1859 Moves on : nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it...half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it. Nicolas O mon coeur ! puisque le fond m£me des choses (116) de ce monde n'est qu'une fiction, pourquoi... | |
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The Moving Finger writes ; and, having writ, Moves on : nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it. 
