 It is little I repair to the matches of the Southron folk, Though my own red roses there may blow; It is little I repair to the matches of the Southron folk, Though the red roses crest the caps, I know. For the field is full of shades as I near the shadowy...  The Cornhill Magazine - Page 60edited by - 1908Full view - About this book
 | Literature - 1908 - 860 pages
...is little i repair to the matches of the Southron folk, Though my own red roses there may blow ; lt is little i repair to the matches of the Southron...ghostly batsman plays to the bowling of a ghost, And l look through my tears on a soundless clapping host, As the run-stenlers flicker to and fro, To and... | |
 | Francis Thompson - English poetry - 1908 - 176 pages
...cricketverses, trivial yet tragic. One such verse acquaints us incidentally with his Lancashire lineage: It is little I repair to the matches of the Southron...bowling of a ghost, And I look through my tears on a soundless-clapping host As the run-stealers flicker to and fro, To and fro. O my Hornby and my Barlow... | |
 | Francis Thompson - 1910 - 178 pages
...cricketverses, trivial yet tragic. One such verse acquaints us incidentally with his Lancashire lineage: It is little I repair to the matches of the Southron...batsman plays to the bowling of a ghost, And I look throughmy tears on a soundless-clapping host As the run-stealers flicker to and fro, To and fro. O... | |
 | Frederick LANGBRIDGE - 1911 - 510 pages
...rules to scorn, While the bowler, pitched against him, bans the day that he was born ; And GF, that with his science makes the fairest length forlorn...As the run-stealers flicker to and fro, To and fro. O my Hornby and my Barlow long ago ! Francis Thompson, "Cornhill Magazine," New Series, July, 1908.... | |
 | 1911 - 882 pages
...the Southron folk, Though my own red roses * there may blow ; It is little I repair to the matches ot the Southron folk, Though the red roses crest the...bowling of a ghost, And I look through my tears on a soundless-clapping host As the run-stealers flicker to and fro, To and fro. O my Hornby t and my Barlow... | |
 | John Thomson - Poets, English - 1912 - 88 pages
...names of Hornby and Barlow appear. The verses, trivial and probably never intended for print, end : It is little I repair to the matches of the Southron...As the run-stealers flicker to and fro. To and fro, O my Hornby and my Barlow, long ago. The lines are not dated, but seem to have been called forth by... | |
 | Francis Thompson - Christian poetry - 1913 - 260 pages
...strife, For last utterance saith : I, who loved with all my life, Love with all my death.' AT LORD'S IT is little I repair to the matches of the Southron...bowling of a ghost, And I look through my tears on a soundless-clapping host As the run-stealers flicker to and fro, To and fro:— O my Hornby and my Barlow... | |
 | Francis Thompson - English literature - 1913 - 264 pages
...the matches of the Southron folk, Though my own red roses there may blow; It is little I repair tothe matches of the Southron folk, Though the red roses...bowling of a ghost, And I look through my tears on a soundless-clapping host As the run-stealers flicker to and fro, To and fro: — O my Hornby and my... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - English poetry - 1914 - 140 pages
...the red roses crest the caps, I know. For the field is full of shades as I near the shadowy coast, 5 And a ghostly batsman plays to the bowling of a ghost, And I look through my tears on a soundless-clapping host As the run-stealers nicker to and fro, To and fro : — O my Hornby and my... | |
 | Charles Hamilton Sorley, William Ritchie Sorley, Janet Smith Sorley - English letters - 1919 - 350 pages
...watching them that ate my heart out and made me think of Francis Thompson's lines of ghastly genius1 : It is little I repair to the matches of the Southron...bowling of a ghost, And I look through my tears on a soundless-clapping host As the run-stealers flicker to and fro, to and fro : O my Hornby and my Barlow... | |
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