{"id":111668,"date":"2017-11-28T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T17:05:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-01-08T11:12:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T11:12:50","slug":"cricket-is-serious-thing-by-edward-dyson-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/28\/cricket-is-serious-thing-by-edward-dyson-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket is a Serious Thing by Edward Dyson."},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Australian Poet Edward Dyson wrote some excellent poems during the First World War. After the war he contined writing, this poem from the 1920’s is about the seriousness of Cricket. Apparently the ‘Argus’ newspaper at the time “reported cricket matches at far greater length and with a gravity it never quite attained in dealing with any other matter on earth!”<\/em><\/p>\n

In politics there\u2019s room for jest;
With frequent gibes are speeches met,
And measures which are of the best
Are themes for caustic humor yet.
E\u2019en though the pulpiteer we fret
With sundry quiddities we fling,
We pray you never to forget
That cricket is a serious thing.<\/p>\n

The crowd assembles at a Test,
And Hobbs at length is fairly set,
Though Gregory rocks \u2018em in with zest;
The barrackers may fume and fret
When Parkin has contrived to get
Five men of ours \u2013 we feel the sting,
And give expression to regret,
For cricket is a serious thing.<\/p>\n

They have the lead; we would arrest
A sort of rot. No epithet
Is proper, though they\u2019ve got our best
For next to nothing, and your bet
Is good as lost. Don\u2019t sit and sweat;
Due reverence to the problem bring.
We have a pile of runs to net \u2013
Ah, cricket is a serious thing.<\/p>\n

ENVOY.
We have to meet a heavy debt,
And Howell makes the leather swing;
Australia\u2019s pride is sore beset \u2013
Yea, cricket is a serious thing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Australian Poet Edward Dyson wrote some excellent poems during the First World War. After the war he contined writing, this poem from the 1920’s is about the seriousness of Cricket. Apparently the ‘Argus’ newspaper at the time “reported cricket matches at far greater length and with a gravity it never quite attained in dealing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t