 There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night — Ten to make and the match to win — A bumping pitch and a blinding light, An hour to play and the last man in. And it's not for the sake of a ribboned coat, Or the selfish hope of a season's fame, But...  New Outlook - Page 5691907Full view - About this book
 | Emma Miller Bolenius - Readers (Elementary) - 1927 - 520 pages
...match to win — A bumping pitch and a blinding light, An hour to play and the last man in. And it's not for the sake of a ribboned coat Or the selfish...Captain's hand on his shoulder smote; "Play up! Play up! And play the game!" 2 The sand of the desert is sodden red — Red with the wreck of a square that... | |
 | United States - 1907 - 1090 pages
...British regiment — makes a hero of every man : " There's a breathless hush in the Close toniglr— Ten to make and the match to win — A bumping pitch...hand on his shoulder smote — ' Play up ! play up ! and play the game !' The sand of the desert is sodden red, — Red with the wreck of the square that... | |
 | Melvin Everett Haggerty - American literature - 1927 - 584 pages
...— A bumping pitch and a blinding light, An hour to play and the last man in/ -'J • • ' And it's not for the sake of a ribboned coat, Or the selfish...captain's hand on his shoulder smote : "Play up ! play up ! and play the game !" The sand of the desert is sodden red, Red with the wreck of a square that broke... | |
 | Boyd Edwards - Private schools - 1928 - 288 pages
...bumping pitch and blinding light, An hour to play and the last man in. And if s not for the sake of the ribboned coat, Or the selfish hope of a season's fame,...Captain's hand on his shoulder smote— 'Play up! play up! and play the game!' The sand of the desert is sodden red — Rud with the wreck of a square that broke... | |
 | Play - 1925 - 730 pages
...match to win — A bumping pitch and a blinding light, An hour to play and the last man in. And it's not for the sake of a ribboned coat, Or the selfish...hand on his shoulder smote — "Play up! play up! and play the game!" The sand of the desert is sodden red — Red with the wreck of a square that broke... | |
 | Education - 1915 - 596 pages
...a blinding light, An hour to play and the last man in. And it's not for the sake of a ribboned-coat Or the selfish hope of a season's fame, But his captain's hand on his shoulder smote, "Play up! play up! and play the game!" The sand of the desert is sodden red— Red with the wreck of a square that broke,... | |
 | Cecil D. Eby - Literary Collections - 1987 - 308 pages
...match to win— A bumping pitch and a blinding light, An hour to play and the last man in. And it's not for the sake of a ribboned coat, Or the selfish...Captain's hand on his shoulder smote— "Play up! Play up! and play the game!" 56 Up to this point the poem reads like an English version of "Casey at the Bat,"... | |
 | David Jablonsky - Biography & Autobiography - 1991 - 264 pages
...the match to win A bumping pitch and a blinding light, An hour to play and the last man in. And it's not for the sake of a ribboned coat, Or the selfish...Captain's hand on his shoulder smote "Play up! play up! and play the game!" Years later, the former cricket player under native attack exhorts his colonial... | |
 | David Jablonsky - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 340 pages
...the match to win A bumping pitch and a blinding light, An hour to play and the last man in. And it's not for the sake of a ribboned coat. Or the selfish...Captain's hand on his shoulder smote "Play up! play up! and play the game!' Years later, the former cricket player, under native attack, exhorts his colonial... | |
 | Barry R. Harker - Sports & Recreation - 1996 - 222 pages
...match to win — A bumping pitch and a blinding light, An hour to play and the last man in. And it's not for the sake of a ribboned coat, Or the selfish...Captain's hand on his shoulder smote — Play up! play up! and play the game! The sand of the desert is sodden red, — Red with the wreck of the square that... | |
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