Unto RENSHAW, GUNN, and GRACE,
Balls mankind must kick or hurl,
"Slog" or "place."
Our "terrestrial ball" is round,
(Is it an idea chimerical?)
Man, by hidden instincts bound,
Loves the spherical.
In rotund, elastic bounders,
Plainly the great joy of men is,
Witness cricket, billiards, rounders,