Chess Pieces
( Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series )
Publication series ：Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series
Publisher： McGill-Queen's University Press
Publication year： 1999
E-ISBN: 9780773584808
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780773519015
Subject： I106.2 Poetry
Keyword： 世界文学
Language： ENG
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Description
But never underestimate the powers of the pawn who can promote into a queen and put a kingdom on, or moving humbly up the board, killing on the side, outpriest the priest, and leave the knight without a horse to ride, and trip the elevated rook to bring it crashing down, and nudge the misanthropic queen into oblivion, and stop before great Caesar's throne, a tiny regicide, and watch a cornered monarch fall, and ponder how he died. --from The Powers of the Pawn