Remembering Ernest Thayer’s 1888 baseball poem
By William Silveira
How timely now is the last stanza of “Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888”!:
Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright;
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light;
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout;
But there is no joy in Mudville – mighty Casey has struck out.
By William Silveira
How timely now is the last stanza of “Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888”!:
Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright;
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light;
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout;
But there is no joy in Mudville – mighty Casey has struck out.
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