Whence all but he had fled...

[fineleg]

Whence all but he had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. The boy stood on the burning deck Salute :isalute:

[urbestfriend]

RD scores a century and Finey is back :cantstop: :isalute:

[fineleg]

Loyalty, Commitment, Hardwork, Dedication, Solid technique, Dependability Would we even 'pause' to miss these qualities in the next gen?

[Prakat]

What a wonderfully apt reference to Dravid. ...Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm; A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though childlike form. The flames roll'd on...he would not go Without his father's word; That father, faint in death below, His voice no longer heard. He call'd aloud..."Say, father, say If yet my task is done!" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. "Speak, father!" once again he cried "If I may yet be gone!" And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And looked from that lone post of death, In still yet brave despair; And shouted but one more aloud, "My father, must I stay?" While o'er him fast, through sail and shroud The wreathing fires made way, They wrapt the ship in splendour wild, They caught the flag on high, And stream'd above the gallant child, Like banners in the sky. There came a burst of thunder sound... The boy-oh! where was he? Ask of the winds that far around With fragments strewed the sea. With mast, and helm, and pennon fair, That well had borne their part; But the noblest thing which perished there Was that young faithful heart. Remember it from primary school. Very moving stuff.

[achilles]

Oh Finey!

[achilles]

Thanks Pravin. What a poem, that it :bow:

[Trichromatic]

Something which was floating on fb few weeks ago

Gambhir is taking an x-ray - Will you open?.. Okay. Ganguly doesn't get along well with Chappell - Will you captain?.. Okay Sachin got out early - Will you get a 100?.. Okay. RCB doesn't want you - Will you play for Rajasthan Royals?.. Okay India's "premier" fast bowler Dhoni wants to bowl - Will you keep?.. Okay. ... That's Dravid for Indian Cricket !! :)

[Gotham Cronie]

We are witnessing a living legend. We've become spoiled really. We'll realize what we were watching years from now after he retires.

[Prakat]

Thanks Pravin. What a poem' date=' that it :bow:[/quote'] beautiful, beautiful.

[CSK Fan]

Flamy, when the same argument was used by many to praise Sachin, you always used to criticize saying that a fighting knock in a losing cause is no good, blah, blah. Bit of a hypocrite, huh? On topic, man this guy deserves equal if not more credit than Sachin. Much of Sachin's praise is also because of his ODI exploits

[beetle]

Whence all but he had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. The boy stood on the burning deck Salute :isalute:

:two_thumbs_up::hatsoff:

[Lurker]

Does not matter, like Casablanca, the boy and his team perished. By the by I recited this poem in school in a poetry competition and won consolation prize as also some warm congrats from girls, which probably sums up Dravid as well lol.

[Rahul Dravid]

Rahul Dravid. :hatsoff:

[Rahul Dravid]

Commitment.. Dedication.. Hard Work.. Work Ethic.. Durability.. Stamina.. Pride ... ONE MAN STANDING.. when all else fall down. a Dead Man Walking.. he wasn't out yesterday.. the 3rd umpire for this test is a joke.. first Raina in 1st innings, then Dravid... sigh... he wasn't out this test. neither was he out in the earlier test (hit the shoelace).. what a champ, and atm hes in the form of his life. Hopefully many more 100s to come till he retires, maybe a couple in the odi series too ;)

[J P K]

i never used to watch a match when dravid comes into play because i do not have the Patience never been a fan of him but after seeing him bat twice to save our team i have became huge fan of him dravid :hatsoff:

[yoda]

His performance this series has been pretty strange. 3 spectacular centuries, but 5 mediocre innings crossing 25 just once. Still, hats off as he is the only Indian bat who has played like he belongs there.

[bulbul]

Commitment.. Dedication.. Hard Work.. Work Ethic.. Durability.. Stamina.. Pride ... ONE MAN STANDING.. when all else fall down. a Dead Man Walking.. he wasn't out yesterday.. the 3rd umpire for this test is a joke.. first Raina in 1st innings, then Dravid... sigh... he wasn't out this test. neither was he out in the earlier test (hit the shoelace).. what a champ, and atm hes in the form of his life. Hopefully many more 100s to come till he retires, maybe a couple in the odi series too ;)

Can we use normal words like Great man himself....this over the top dialogues are not necessary..it will make us similer to You know who's worshippers :) we are just fans ..not worshippers