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It looked extremely rocky for the Mudville nine that day;
The score stood two to four, with but one inning left to play.

(Ernest Lawrence Thayer (1863-1940), U.S. poet. Casey at the Bat (l. 1-2). . . Best Loved Poems of the American People, The. Hazel Felleman, ed. (1936) Doubleday & Company.)
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.

(Ernest Lawrence Thayer (1863-1940), U.S. poet. Casey at the Bat (l. 49-52). . . Best Loved Poems of the American People, The. Hazel Felleman, ed. (1936) Doubleday & Company.)
There was ease in Casey's manner as he stepped into his place,
There was pride in Casey's bearing and a smile on Casey's face;

(Ernest Lawrence Thayer (1863-1940), U.S. poet. Casey at the Bat (l. 21-22). . . Best Loved Poems of the American People, The. Hazel Felleman, ed. (1936) Doubleday & Company.)
With a smile of Christian charity great Casey's visage shone;
He stilled the rising tumult, he made the game go on;

(Ernest Lawrence Thayer (1863-1940), U.S. poet. Casey at the Bat (l. 37-38). . . Best Loved Poems of the American People, The. Hazel Felleman, ed. (1936) Doubleday & Company.)