Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DO THEY KNOW?, by ANDREW BARTON PATERSON Poet's Biography First Line: Do they know? At the turn to the straight Last Line: Do you think they don't know? Alternate Author Name(s): Paterson, 'banjo' Subject(s): Racing | ||||||||
Do they know? At the turn to the straight Where the favourites fail, And every last atom of weight Is telling its tale; As some grim old stayer hard-pressed Runs true to his breed, And with head just in front of the rest Fights on in the lead; When the jockeys are out with the whips, With a furlong to go, And the backers grow white to the lips -- Do you think they don't know? Do they know? As they come back to weigh In a whirlwind of cheers, Though the spurs have left marks of the fray, Though the sweat on the ears Gathers cold, and they sob with distress As they roll up the track, They know just as well their success As the man on their back. As they walk through a dense human lane That sways to and fro, And cheers them again and again, Do you think they don't know? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...KAL. APR. by ALFRED DENNIS GODLEY A SNAIL'S DERBY by EUGENE JACOB LEE-HAMILTON AN EVENING IN DANDALOO by ANDREW BARTON PATERSON AN IDYLL OF DANDALOO by ANDREW BARTON PATERSON FATHER RILEY'S HORSE by ANDREW BARTON PATERSON MULLIGAN'S MARE by ANDREW BARTON PATERSON OLD PARDON, THE SON OF REPRIEVE by ANDREW BARTON PATERSON OUR NEW HORSE by ANDREW BARTON PATERSON RIDERS IN THE STAND by ANDREW BARTON PATERSON A BALLAD OF DUCKS by ANDREW BARTON PATERSON |
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