Ballade Of Cricket'to T. W. Lang Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBD ADABBDBD ABABBBBB E BBBB| The burden of hard hitting slog away | A |
| Here shalt thou make a five and there a four | B |
| And then upon thy bat shalt lean and say | A |
| That thou art in for an uncommon score | B |
| Yea the loud ring applauding thee shall roar | B |
| And thou to rival THORNTON shalt aspire | C |
| When lo the Umpire gives thee leg before | B |
| This is the end of every man's desire | D |
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| The burden of much bowling when the stay | A |
| Of all thy team is collared swift or slower | D |
| When bailers break not in their wonted way | A |
| And yorkers come not off as here to fore | B |
| When length balls shoot no more ah never more | B |
| When all deliveries lose their former fire | D |
| When bats seem broader than the broad barn door | B |
| This is the end of every man's desire | D |
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| The burden of long fielding when the clay | A |
| Clings to thy shoon in sudden shower's downpour | B |
| And running still thou stumblest or the ray | A |
| Of blazing suns doth bite and burn thee sore | B |
| And blind thee till forgetful of thy lore | B |
| Thou dost most mournfully misjudge a skyer | B |
| And lose a match the Fates cannot restore | B |
| This is the end of every man's desire | B |
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| ENVOY | E |
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| Alas yet liefer on Youth's hither shore | B |
| Would I be some poor Player on scant hire | B |
| Than King among the old who play no more | B |
| THIS is the end of every man's desire | B |
Andrew Lang
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