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PAT MORAN, by                    
First Line: He lived the game-to him 'twas all; yet he
Last Line: The game is better for the part he bore.
Subject(s): Baseball; Leadership; Moran, Pat (1876-1924); Sports


HE LIVED the game—to him 'twas all; yet he
Found ample time (as but few leaders can)
For kindly thoughts and words that gave him place
As chieftain in the brotherhood of man.
He bore himself right bravely in the front.
Led on his legions in the furious strife.
Yet played the game so fairly that he had
No enemy through all his generous life,

A plain, good comrade, modest, diffident,
He claimed no laurels, but the laurels came
Through his sheer merit, his renown spread wide,
And well-won glories clustered 'round his name
Upon the field that he so well adorned
His victory-bringing form will loom no more,
So these last words, this final accolade,
The game is better for the part he bore.





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