Philosophy of Games by Samuel Laman Blanchard

‘Life,’ said Tabby, taking snuff,
‘Life’s a game at Blindman’s Buff.’
‘True,’ said Tabby, ‘very true;
Death’s a game of Forfeits too.’

From: The Poetical Works of Laman Blanchard, 1876, Chatto and Windus: London, p. 272.
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Date: 1836

By: Samuel Laman Blanchard (1804-1845)