Poem by Norman Rowland Gale

Lucky Lads

  See in bronzing sunshine
    Twenty-two good fellows,
  Such as help the world along,
    Such as Cricket mellows!
  Health and heartiness and joy
    Come to them for capture,
  Lucky lads, plucky lads,
    Relishing the rapture!

  Watch the flying fieldsman,
    Keen to save the fourer,
  Gallop past the wooden box
    Sacred to the scorer!
  Think you demi-gods of Greece
    Matched him in their story?
  Lucky lad, plucky lad,
    Sprinting hard for glory!

  Watch the hitting hero
    Loosely clad in flannel--
  There's a figure to adorn
    Any sculptor's panel!
  Every inch of him enjoys
    Sharing in the tussle,
  Lucky lad, plucky lad,
    Speed and grit and muscle!

  See in bronzing sunshine
    Thousands of good fellows,
  Such as roll the world along,
    Such as Cricket mellows!
  These shall keep the Motherland
    Safe amid her quarrels,
  Lucky lads, plucky lads,
    Trained to snatch at laurels!

1. Out
2. Dark Blue
3. Quinquaginta Annos Natus
4. Star-Gazing
5. A Wigging

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