The Vic Sims Foundation
1431 Chadford Road
Irmo, SC 29063
1-803-479-0639
A non-profit 501(c)3 organization.
Copyright 2006-2007
The Vic Sims Foundation
Last Updated October 29, 2007
To An Athlete Dying Young (By A. E. Housman)
The time you won your town the race, We chaired you through the market-place;
Man and boy stood cheering by, And home we brought you shoulder-high.
Today, the road all runners come, Shoulder-high we bring you home,
And set you at your threshold down, Townsman of a stiller town.
Smart lad, to slip betimes away, From fields where glory does not stay,
And early though the laurel grows, It withers quicker than the rose.
Eyes the shady night has shut, Cannot see the record cut,
And silence sounds no worse than cheers, After earth has stopped the ears:
Now you will not swell the rout, Of lads that wore their honours out,
Runners whom renown outran, And the name died before the man.
So set, before its echoes fade, The fleet foot on the sill of shade,
And hold to the low lintel up, The still-defended challenge-cup.
And round that early-laurelled head, Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead,
And find unwithered on its curls, The garland briefer than a girl's.
"Forever VICtorious" has become Vic Sims Foundation" theme song written by E-Klazza and produced by Trez. We dedicate the song to all those who have lost loved ones to HCM. Click below to learn about others.
