Balls are not all of leather, alas!
Cricket, golf, tennis, and football pass;
But Roberts the marvellous, Peall the clever,
Like the Laureate's Brook, can go on for ever!
The ivory ball—like the carvings odd
In a Buddhist shrine—seems an ivory god;
And "A Million Up" will be next the call
Of the "exhibitionists"—After the Ball!
Chorus—
After the Ball is over?