Casey In The Baton


He looked at extremely rocky for Mudville nine that day;
The tally estêve two the four, with but a time to the left to play.
Thus, when Cooney died in as, and burrows fêz the same,
A pallor entreteceu the features of patrons of the game.

Straggling a little was arisen to go, leaving the rest there,
With this hope that jumps eternal of the human chest inside.
for they had thought: " if Casey could only start one whack in that one, "
they would put the money now uniform, with the Casey in the baton.

But Flynn preceded Casey, and in a similar way thus that fêz Blake,
E the previous one was one pudd'n and the last one was a fake.
Thus in this multitude stricken a silence of deathlike sat down;
There for seemed but little possibility of Casey who starts to the baton.

But Flynn left the movement " chooses, " to wonderment of everything.
E the Blakey muito-much-despised " tore the cover is of the sphere "
E when the dust had raised, and they saw what they had occurred,
It had safe of Blakey in as, and a-huggin of Flynn third '.

Then of gladdened the multitude was above of an shout joyous --
Rumbled in mountaintops, it chocalhou in dell;
It hit in top of hillside and rebounded in the plan;
For Casey, powerful Casey was advancing to the baton.

He had an easiness in the way of Casey because he stepped on in its place,
He had a pride in the rolling of Casey and a smile in the face of Casey;
E when answering to cheers doffed lightly its hat.
No stranger in the multitude could doubt ' twas Casey in the baton "

Ten a thousand eyes were in it while it rubbed its hands with the dirt,
Five a thousand tongues-piece had applauded when it cleaned them in its shirt;
Then when the jar writhing ground the sphere in its hip,
Defiance looked at of glance in the eye of Casey, a wavy edge to sneer of Casey.

E now the leather-covered sphere lode hurtling through air,
E Casey estêve it giving to attention in grandeur haughty there.
It closes for batsman resistant unheeded of the hasty sphere;
" this ain't my style, " said Casey. " it hits one, " the said arbitrator.

Of the banks, it blackens with peoples, it was there above of a roar muffled,
As the stroke of the storm waves in stern and in the distant coast.
" it kills it! it kills the arbitrator! " shouted somebody in the stand;
E is probable they would kill did not have it Casey raised its hand.

With a smile of great Casey of charity christian visage shone;
It calmed tumault arising itself, it fêz the game to go on;
It signaled to the jar, and a time that more spheroid flied;
But Casey still ignored, and the said arbitrator, " stroke two "

" fraud! " thousand cried out maddened, and the echo answered to " fraud! "
But one to look at scornful of Casey and the hearings awed;
They turn its face to grow stern and cold, turn its tension the muscles,
E had known that Casey would not leave the sphere to go close another time.

Sneer is IDO of edges of Casey, its teeth clenched in the hatred,
It hammers with vengeance cruel its baton in top of the board;
E now the jar arrests the sphere, and now it leaves to go,
E air is broken now by the force of the blow of Casey.

The Oh, in some place in this favored land the sun is to shine shining,
The band is playing in some place, and in some place the hearts are light;
E in some place the men are laughing, and in some place the children shout,
But he does not have no joy in Mudville: Powerful Casey hit for is.

- Ernest Lawrence Thayer 1

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