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Subject: SPORTSMANSHIP
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ALUMNUS FOOTBALL, SELS., by GRANTLAND RICE    Poem Source                    
First Line: For when the one great scorer comes
Last Line: He marks - not that you won or lost - %but how you played the game
Subject(s): Football; Religion; Sportsmanship


COLONEL TIL, by WILLIAM A. PHELON    Poem Text                    
First Line: We have seen scores of magnates come
Last Line: Colonel til!
Subject(s): Baseball; Farewell; Praise; Sports; Sportsmanship; War; Parting


PRAYER OF A SPORTSMAN, by BERTON BRALEY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Dear lord, in the battle that goes on through life
Last Line: And cheer as the winners go by!
Subject(s): Sportsmanship; Victory