Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BIG GAME, by ALEX. C. D. NOE First Line: I may save a million pounds Last Line: And know I once was there. Subject(s): Fullness; Good Samaritan; Humanity; Life; Satiation | ||||||||
I may save a million pounds And store it in a bank, Or entertain a million men With humor wild and rank; And set the world agaping With the fodder bills I've paid, But I'd like a better credit When the final game is played. Oh, I'd like to count my assets A dozen million smiles, A million burdens lifted O'er ten thousand million miles. And when, at last, I come to meet My manhood face to face, I'd like to know that I had made The world a better place. To know I'd faced the battle, And bravely manned the guns; Had kept my batting average high And helped to score the runs; That when I cross the Borderline And step upon the stair, I'll cast a proud look back to earth, And know I once was there. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE'S VAGRANT by CLINTON SCOLLARD MANHATTAN, 1609 by EDWIN MARKHAM SPANISH WINGS: SENORITA by H. BABCOCK THE STEAM-ENGINE: CANTO 4: LORD STANHOPE'S STEAMER by T. BAKER SANDY STAR: 1. SCULPTURED WORSHIP by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL by WILLIAM E. BROOKS PLAINT OF THE PINE by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON QUAIL AND THRUSH by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON THE TEAR by GEORGE GORDON BYRON TO A YOUTHFUL FRIEND by GEORGE GORDON BYRON TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. ELDER SOLDIER IN BROTHERHOOD TO THE YOUNGER by EDWARD CARPENTER |
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