 | Frank Hobart Cheley, G. Cornelius Baker - 1915 - 444 pages
...cost. Play the Game! POEM BY HENRY NEWBOLT Scene I. — Tableau of boys playing cricket. RECITATION There's a breathless hush in the close to-night —...match to win — A bumping pitch and a blinding light, And it's not for the sake of a ribboned coat, Or the selfish hope of a season's fame, But his captain's... | |
 | William Hanford Edwards - 1916 - 592 pages
...I THINK OF HIM, THE STIRRING LINES OF HENRY NEWBOLDT COME TO ME AS A FITTING EULOGY: VITA LAMP ADA There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night —...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,... | |
 | Clarence Hall Wilson - 1917 - 184 pages
...that saying that suggested the stirring poem by Henry Newbolt with which I will close this chapter. "There's a breathless hush in the close to-night —...and the last man in. And it's not for the sake of a ribbon'd coat, Or the selfish hope of a season's fame, But his captain's hand on his shoulder smote... | |
 | 1918 - 424 pages
...class about several interesting incidents in it — the famous fight that Tom had, for instance. HENBY NEWBOLT There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night...play the game!" The sand of the desert is sodden red — Bed with the wreck of a square that broke — The gatling's jammed and the Colonel dead, And the... | |
 | Robert Frothingham - 1918 - 208 pages
...we'll kiss just the same . . . Sang the Legion of Boys Who Will Never Grow Up. PLAY THE GAME! There 'sa breathless hush in the Close to-night — Ten to make...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... | |
 | George E. Teter - 1918 - 464 pages
...There.sa breathless hush in the Close 2 tonight — Ten to make and the match to win — A bumping pitch 3 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 his Captain's... | |
 | George E. Teter - 1918 - 456 pages
...King of Belgium (1918). 100 VITAI LAMPADA * HENRY NEWBOLT There's a breathless hush in the Close 2 tonight — Ten to make and the match to win — A bumping pitch 3 and a blinding light, An hour to play and the last man in. And it's not for the sake of a ribboned... | |
 | English Association - 1919 - 196 pages
...enough ? Robert Louis Sttventon. 97. VTTAI LAMPADA THERE'S a breathless hush in the Close to-nightTen to make and the match to win — A bumping pitch and...his Captain's hand on his shoulder smote " Play up 1 play up ! and play the game ! " The sand of the desert is sodden red, — Red with the wreck of a... | |
 | James Hastings - 1920 - 352 pages
...about " playing the game " on the cricket field, on the battlefield, and on the greater field of life. There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night —...smote — " Play up ! play up ! and play the game 1 " The sand of the desert is sodden red, — Bed with the wreck of a square that broke ;— The Gatling's... | |
 | William Dodge Lewis, Albert Lindsay Rowland - 1920 - 378 pages
...felt by young people the world over; for all boys and girls want to be "good sports", VITAE LAMPADA There's a breathless hush in the Close tonight: Ten...shoulder smote: "Play up! play up! and play the game!" 186 Red with the wreck of a square that broke: The gatling's jammed and the colonel dead, And the regiment... | |
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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... 
