“Patient, dramatic, serious, genial,
From over to over the game goes on,
Weaving a pattern of hardy perennial,
Civilisation under the sun.”

Village Cricket in News from the Village (1952)

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“Patient, dramatic, serious, genial,From over to over the game goes on,Weaving a pattern of hardy perennial,Civilisation under the sun.”

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“Patient, dramatic, serious, genial,
From over to over the game goes on,
Weaving a pattern of hardy perennial,
Civilisation under the sun.”