WE saw a flash go down the track, the flying figure sped, Leading the field of college stars and finished yards ahead; A timber-topping race like that the world had never seen Till he did fifteen seconds, lad, wearing the Dartmouth green. They said he had on wings that day, and so I half believed, I saw great Hubbard far behind and thought my sight deceived; But it was a famous fact, my boy, that feat of Arthur Shaw, We cheered him to the echo with the Dartmouth @3Wah-Who-Wah.@1 The Grecians gave a laurel crown to winners such as he, The laurel wreath we give to him is fame eternally; For he did fifteen seconds, lad, which men had never seen, And he brought glory unto us — he wore the Dartmouth Green. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INDIAN WEED by RALPH ERSKINE THE RAGGEDY MAN by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY THE CLOUD by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY SHIRK OR WORK? by GRACE BORDELON AGATE PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 61. AL-MO'HYI by EDWIN ARNOLD ON THE DISCOVERIES OF CAPTAIN LEWIS [JANUARY 14, 1807] by JOEL BARLOW |