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THE BIG GAME, by                    
First Line: I may save a million pounds
Last Line: And know I once was there.
Subject(s): Fullness; Good Samaritan; Humanity; Life; Satiation


I may save a million pounds
And store it in a bank,
Or entertain a million men
With humor wild and rank;
And set the world agaping
With the fodder bills I've paid,
But I'd like a better credit
When the final game is played.

Oh, I'd like to count my assets
A dozen million smiles,
A million burdens lifted
O'er ten thousand million miles.
And when, at last, I come to meet
My manhood face to face,
I'd like to know that I had made
The world a better place.

To know I'd faced the battle,
And bravely manned the guns;
Had kept my batting average high
And helped to score the runs;
That when I cross the Borderline
And step upon the stair,
I'll cast a proud look back to earth,
And know I once was there.





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