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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE COLLEGE CHEER, by WILLIAM A. PHELON
First Line: The football heroes are but shapes that go
Last Line: To tell how the college spirit never dies!
Subject(s): College Sports; Football; Sports; Universities & Colleges
First Line: The football heroes are but shapes that go
Last Line: To tell how the college spirit never dies!
Subject(s): College Sports; Football; Sports; Universities & Colleges
THE football heroes are but shapes that go
Like the quick pictures in the movie show—
They come, they sparkle, and they disappear—
They linger with us some three years or so.
And still on every gridiron field, we hear
The ringing chorus of the college cheer—
The selfsame call that thrilled our father's souls—
The thunderous war cry, lasting, year by year!
Each great eleven wins its passing fame,
Then fades away, and soon is but a name—
The college cheer outlives them, one and all—
The old, old cheer, that still remains the same!
There on the sod before enraptured eyes,
They strive; they win, or lose, the battle-prize—
And then—new teams, new throngs—and that old cheer,
To tell how the college spirit never dies!
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