The Golfer's Rubaiyat

Henry Walcott Boynton

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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Golfer's Rubaiyat, by H. W. BoyntonThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: The Golfer's RubaiyatAuthor: H. W. BoyntonRelease Date: December 24, 2007 [EBook #24018]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE GOLFER'S RUBAIYAT ***Produced by David Edwards, Anne Storer and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Thisfile was produced from images generously made availableby The Internet Archive)Coverimagetitle pagecopyrightimageThe Golfer’s RubáiyátIWAKE! for the sun has driven in equal flightThe stars before him from the Tee of Night,And holed them every one without a Miss,Swinging at ease his gold-shod Shaft of Light.imageIIWAKE, Loiterer! for already Dawn is seenWith her red marker on the eastern Green,And summons all her Little Ones to changeA joyous Three for every sad Thirteen.imageIIIAND as the Cock crew, those who stoodbeforeThe first Tee murmur’d: “Just this chance toscore,You know how little while we have to play,And, once departed, may return no more.”imageIVNOW the fresh Year, reviving old Desires,The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires,Pores on this Club and That with anxious eye,And dreams of Rounds beyond the Rounds ofLiars ...

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• Publié par: mephir
• Publié le: 08 décembre 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 32
• Langue: English

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