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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BRAHMA, by ANDREW LANG Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: If the wild bowler thinks he bowls
Last Line: The roller, pitch, and stumps, and all.
Subject(s): Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882)
First Line: If the wild bowler thinks he bowls
Last Line: The roller, pitch, and stumps, and all.
Subject(s): Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882)
If the wild bowler thinks he bowls,
Or if the batsman thinks he's bowled,
They know not, poor misguided souls,
They, too, shall perish unconsoled.
I am the batsman and the bat,
I am the bowler and the ball,
The umpire, the pavilion cat,
The roller, pitch, and stumps, and all.
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