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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE QUARTERBACK, by WILLIAM A. PHELON
First Line: He's a lively little fellow, much the smallest in
Last Line: Yet this battered little demon turns up grinning at the close!
Subject(s): College Sports; Football; Sports
First Line: He's a lively little fellow, much the smallest in
Last Line: Yet this battered little demon turns up grinning at the close!
Subject(s): College Sports; Football; Sports
HE'S a lively little fellow, much the smallest in the deck—
You'd think each hostile runner would contrive to break his neck—
But he's in and out like lightning—running there and dodging here—
And despite his small proportions he is seldom out of gear.
He's the brains of every struggle, he's the spark plug of the works—
He is one perpetual motion, and he never, never shirks—
He's the boss, with full discretion, and ten huskies, huge and tall,
Wait upon his slightest order and his handling of the ball!
With the courage of a lion, and the wisdom of a fox,
He must stand against an onset that would overthrow an ox—
Signal's given—then he's buried underneath a ton of foes—
Yet this battered little demon turns up grinning at the close!
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