 The Moving Finger writes, and, having writ, Moves on; nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.  Lucretius - Page 168by William Hurrell Mallock - 1878 - 172 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1869 - 650 pages
...link in an eternal chain, That none can slip, nor break, nor overreach. " And that inverted bowl we call the sky, Whereunder crawling, cooped we live and die, Lift not your hands to ft for help, — for it As impotently rolls as you or I. " With earth's first clay they did the last... | |
 | Laurier House, Omar Khayyam - 1872 - 70 pages
...wash out a Word of it. LXXII. And that inverted Bowl they call the Sky, Whereunder crawling coop'd we live and die, Lift not your hands to It for help — for It As impotently rolls as you or I. LXXIII. With Earth's first Clay They did the Last Man knead, And there of the Last... | |
 | 1876 - 502 pages
...that come and go Round with this sun-illumined lantern, held In midnight by the master of the show. And that inverted bowl they call the sky, Whereunder...cooped we live and die. Lift not your hands to it, for it for help As impotently rolls as you or I. Yesterday this day's madness Jid prepare ; To-morrow's... | |
 | 1876 - 1022 pages
...tears wash out 'a word of it. " And that inverted bowl they call the sky, Wherennder crawling coop'd we live and die : Lift not your hands to it for help — for it As impotently rolls as you or L " With earth's first clay they did the last man kneatl, And there of the last harvest... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1878 - 164 pages
...Word of it. I ,. ll' f LXXII. And that inverted Bowl they call the Sky, Whereunder crawling coop'd we live and die, Lift not your hands to It for help — for It As impotently rolls as you or .1. iLXXIII. Vith Earth's first Clay They did the Last Man\ knead, i.nd there of the... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1879 - 146 pages
...OMAR KHAYYAM. 19 (fr LXXII. >And that inverted Bowl they call the Sky, X Whereunder crawling coop'd we live and die, > Lift not your hands to It for help — for It As impotently moves as you or I. > LXXIII. With Earth's first Clay They did the Last Man knead, And there of the... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1879 - 142 pages
...Piety nor Wit OMAE KHAYYAM. LXXII. And that inverted Bowl they call the Sky, Whereunder crawling coop'd we live and die, Lift not your hands to It for help — for It As impotently moves as you or I. LXXIII. With Earth's first Clay They did the Last Man knead, And there of the Last... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1879 - 144 pages
...Piety nor Wit OMAR KHAYYAM. LXXII. And that inverted Bowl they call the Sky, Whereunder crawling coop'd we live and die, Lift not your hands to It for help — f or It As impotently moves as you or I. LXXIII. With Earth's first Clay They did the Last Man... | |
 | 1888 - 492 pages
...tears wash out a Word of it. And that inverted Bowl they call the Sky, Where under crawling coop'd we live and die, Lift not your hands to It for help — for it As impotently rolls as you or I." And this is the Religion of Humanity ! that takes the soul out of man and leaves... | |
 | Lyman Abbott - 1886 - 202 pages
...Piety and Toil Shall turn it back to cancel half a line, Nor all your tears wash out a word of it. " And that inverted Bowl they call the Sky, Whereunder...your hands to it for help — for It As impotently rolls as you or I." 1 Frederic Harrison and Herbert Spencer do but repeat the pagan philosophy of Omar... | |
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