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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: CRICKET (GAME) Matches Found: 14 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A CRICKET BOWLER, by EDWARD CRACROFT LEFROY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Two minutes' rest till the next man goes in Last Line: And the mid-stump three somersaults in air. Subject(s): Cricket (game); Sports ANTHROPOLOGY: CRICKET AT KANO, by STEWART BROWN Poem Source First Line: Cerulean and jet, the tuareg Last Line: Centuries old, our rootlessness %a fragile bond that will not bear embrace Subject(s): Cricket (game); Nigeria; Sports; Travel AT LORD'S [CRICKET GROUND], by FRANCIS THOMPSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is little I repair to the matches of the southron folk Last Line: O my hornby and my barlow long ago! Subject(s): Cricket (game); Sports BALLADE OF CRICKET, by ANDREW LANG Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The burden of hard hitting: slog away! Last Line: "this is the end of every man's desire!" Subject(s): Cricket (game); Sports CRICKET, by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Cricket, chirring in the autumn twilight Last Line: Fare forth singing! Subject(s): Cricket (game); Mortality; Sports GOLDEN RULES FOR THE YOUNG, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "in batting, hold your bat upright" Last Line: A butter-fingers is worst of all Subject(s): Country Life;cricket (game);sports HOW MCDOUGAL TOPPED THE SCORE, by THOMAS E. SPENCER Poem Text First Line: A peaceful spot is piper's flat. The folk that live around Last Line: For we played molongo cricket—and mcdougal topped the score! Subject(s): Animals; Cricket (game); Dogs; Practical Jokes; Sports; Pranks OUTCAST; A TALE OF A LADIES' CRICKET MATCH, by PELHAM GRENVILLE WODEHOUSE Poem Source First Line: Out in the silent rockies Last Line: There's a thin, sad, pale, grey hermit: %folks know him as 'jaundiced jim' Subject(s): Courtship; Cricket (game); Man-woman Relationships; Men; Service, Robert (1874-1958); Sports PROSPERO CALIBAN CRICKET, by JOHN AGARD Poem Source First Line: Prospero batting %caliban bowling Last Line: But from far it look like politics Subject(s): Cricket (game); Sports THE CRICKET BAT SINGS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "willow and cane is all I am, with a wisp of waxen thread" Last Line: "willow and cane is all I am, yet look at the hosts I sway" Subject(s): Country Life;cricket (game);sports THE CRICKET FIELD AT GERMANTOWN, by ARTHUR PETERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The field-the fair and level green Last Line: As when a victory is won! Subject(s): Cricket (game); Sports; Sports - Arenas And Stadia THE GENTLEMEN CRICKETERS' TEAM, by GEORGE MURRAY (1830-1910) Poem Text First Line: I've a toast to propose you -- so, gentlemen, hand on Last Line: "the health of ""the gentlemen cricketers' team." Subject(s): Cricket (game); Sports VICTORY CALYPSO, by EGBERT MOORE Poem Source First Line: Cricket, lovely cricket Last Line: After all was said and done, %second test and west indies won! Subject(s): Cricket (game); Sports VITAI LAMPADA, by HENRY JOHN NEWBOLT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There's a breathless hush in the close tonight Last Line: "play up! Play up! And play the game!" Variant Title(s): The Torch Of Life;play The Game Subject(s): Cricket (game); England; Great Britain - Commonwealth & Colonies; Patriotism; Sports; War; English; British Empire; England - Empire |
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