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THE GOFF; AN HEROI-COMICAL POEM: CANTO 3. VICTORY ON THE LAST GREEN, by                    
First Line: To free the ball the chief now turns his mind
Last Line: The echoing shore resounds castalio's name.
Subject(s): Balls; Golf; Sports; Victory


To free the ball the chief now turns his mind,
Flies to the bank where lay the orb confined;
The pond'rous club upon the ball descends,
Involved in dust th' exulting orb ascends;
Their loud applause the pleased spectators raise;
The hollow bank resounds Castalio's praise.
A mighty blow Pygmalion then lets fall;
Straight from th' impulsive engine starts the ball,
Answ'ring its master's just design, it hastes,
And from the hole scarce twice two clubs' length rests.
Ah! what avails thy skill, since Fate decrees
Thy conqu'ring foe to bear away the prize?
Full fifteen clubs' length from the hole he lay,
A wide cart-road before him crossed his way;
The deep-cut tracks th' intrepid chief defies,
High o'er the road the ball triumphing flies,
Lights on the green, and scours into the hole:
Down with it sinks depressed Pygmalion's soul.
Seized with surprise th' affrighted hero stands,
And feebly tips the ball with trembling hands;
The creeping ball its want of force complains,
A grassy tuft the loit'ring orb detains:
Surrounding crowds the victor's praise proclaim,
The echoing shore resounds Castalio's name.





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