FAREWELL, King Football! 'Tis with keen regret We see you take your armor and depart— For gallantly in this tempestuous year, You held your sway and played your royal part! You gave us, this year, lots of extra thrills, And, it is said, much smaller doctor bills! You leave affairs in rather tangled state— All twisted like an angleworm with cramps— It's hard to say just who could wallop which, Or nominate an actual set of champs. But we should worry—we saw lots of bumps, Good right-hand punches, and some lovely thumps! The halfback now sits down to study Greek, The center does his best with Latin prose; The quarterback appears at lectures now, And looks quite well, despite his battered nose. The tumult and the shouting of the fray Die as King Football goes upon his way! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO AMERICA by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE SUMMER IS ENDED (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE WRITER'S JOURNAL: POSSESSION by BAYARD TAYLOR STORM AT SEA (1) by ALCAEUS OF MYTILENE TO THE AUTHOR OF TEUCHSA GRONDIE by LEVI BISHOP UNDER THE PINES by ARTHUR STANLEY BOURINOT DAY AND NIGHT by RUPERT BROOKE |