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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RIGHT AT THE TRACK, by WILLIAM A. PHELON
First Line: The moon shines bright upon the trampled course
Last Line: You broke, too, pal? Then let's start walking home!
Subject(s): Horse Racing
First Line: The moon shines bright upon the trampled course
Last Line: You broke, too, pal? Then let's start walking home!
Subject(s): Horse Racing
THE moon shines bright upon the trampled course,
Where, in the afternoon, the horses strove,
And only crickets' chirping breaks the sound,
Excepting where, around some distant stove,
The stable-boys use every strange device
To trim each other with the leaping dice.
The scene is one of quietude and peace—
No roaring crowds are gathered at the rail,
No frantic bellowing and shrieks are heard
From those who see their "information" fail—
How soft the gleaming! Let the gleaming gloam—
You broke, too, pal? Then let's start walking home!
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