Like I said, I don't remember which coach it was, or even when/where I heard it, but the evidence presented was that the poem lists off a number of animals, not just the tiger.

quote:
Those matted woods where birds forget to sing,
But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling;
Those poisonous fields with rank luxuriance crowned,
Where the dark scorpion gathers death around;
Where at each step the stranger fears to wake
The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake;
Where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey,
And savage men, more murderous still than they;

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Posted by 88TIger

Member since Nov 2012

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Posted on 8/30/15 at 9:50 pm to TheSandman

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Like I said, I don't remember which coach it was, or even when/where I heard it, but the evidence presented was that the poem lists off a number of animals, not just the tiger.

D. M. Balliet played at Princeton, Coached at AU 1893
Forrest M. Hall played at Princeton, Coached at AU 1894
Walter H. Watkins played at Princeton, Coached at AU 1900-01

Those are the ones that I dug up...I could have missed someone.

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Posted by flyAU

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Posted on 8/31/15 at 8:06 pm to TheSandman

quote:
quote:
Those matted woods where birds forget to sing,
But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling;
Those poisonous fields with rank luxuriance crowned,
Where the dark scorpion gathers death around;
Where at each step the stranger fears to wake
The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake;
Where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey,
And savage men, more murderous still than they;

None of this makes Auburn sound like a very nice place