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Famous Even Money Poems by Famous Poets

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry
...prings eternal in the human breast. 
They thought, "if only Casey could but get a whack at that. 
We'd put up even money now, with Casey at the bat." 

But Flynn preceded Casey, as did also Jimmy Blake; 
and the former was a hoodoo, while the latter was a cake. 

So upon that stricken multitude, grim melancholy sat; 
for there seemed but little chance of Casey getting to the bat. 

But Flynn let drive a single, to the wonderment of all. 
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by Thayer, Ernest Lawrence



...Here lies a bloke who's just gone West, 
A Number One Australian; 
He took his gun and did his best 
To mitigate the alien. 
So long as he could get to work 
He needed no sagacity; 
A German, Austrian, or Turk, 
Were all the same to Cassidy. 
Wherever he could raise "the stuff" 
-- A liquor deleterious -- 
The question when he'd have enough 
Was ap...Read more of this...
by Paterson, Andrew Barton

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry