Whose game was empires and whose stakes were thrones, Whose table earth, whose dice were h

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Whose game was empires and whose stakes were thrones, Whose table earth, whose dice were human bones.

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Author or tradition: Lord Byron
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Country attributed: Not established
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Historical period: c. 1806 AD · industrial
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Whose game was empires and whose stakes were thrones, Whose table earth, whose dice were human bones.