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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
L'ENVOI, by JOHN HUSTON FINLEY
First Line: When we're pegged out for good upon our board
Last Line: I'd rather be a live centurion here.
Subject(s): Century Association (new York City)
First Line: When we're pegged out for good upon our board
Last Line: I'd rather be a live centurion here.
Subject(s): Century Association (new York City)
When we're pegged out for good upon our board
And pegs of red and white no more record
Our comings and our goings here below
May Pegasus who bears aloft our fames
Then peg us in with stars against our names
Where all the Century's immortals go.
But though that high "inevitable" fate
Awaits Centurions all, or soon or late,
May it not come to you (or me) this year.
Howe'er Elysian yon Club may be,
With members chosen from each century,
I'd rather be a live Centurion here.
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