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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BOXING GAME, by WILLIAM A. PHELON
First Line: Some years ago, the irish held
Last Line: It's only what you are!
Subject(s): Boxing & Boxers
First Line: Some years ago, the irish held
Last Line: It's only what you are!
Subject(s): Boxing & Boxers
SOME years ago, the Irish held
The championships in fee—
And, now and then, some Englishmen
Would cross the briny sea.
Then Germans and Italians strove
To pad the fistic news,
Until their crowns were neatly snatched
By Polish lads and Jews.
Now, agile Frenchmen jab and hook,
While Chileans jolt and swing,
And men from Argentina claim
Much honor in the ring!
Strong Danes, fast Cubans, show their stuff,
And Filipinos star—
It doesn't matter whence you came—
It's only what you ARE!
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