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A time will come, a time will come,
(Though the world will never be quite the same),
When the people sit in the summer sun,
Watching, watching the beautiful game.

— Arnold Wall Poem: A Time Will Come (1915)

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Notes from Wikiquote

He is referring to cricket; later, "the beautiful game" was used to describe football.

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