ext_27028 ([identity profile] mirrorshard.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] pallas_athena 2011-01-10 12:57 am (UTC)

If the wild bowler thinks he bowls,
Or if the batsman thinks he's bowled,
They know not, poor misguided souls,
They too shall perish unconsoled.
I am the batsman and the bat,
I am the bowler and the ball,
The umpire, the pavilion cat,
The roller, pitch, and stumps, and all.


Whilst trying to remember the metadata for that (Andrew Lang, it turns out - and yes, that Lang) I discovered that Wikipedia has a page for cricket poetry.

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