SKATING
Reading edition
By Theodore Winthrop.
[Never before printed.]
A BOUNDING gallop is good Over wide plains; A wild free sail is good 'Mid gales and rains; A dashing dance is good Broad halls along, Clasping and whirling on Through the gay throng. But better than these, When the great lakes freeze, By the clear sharp light Of a starry night, O'er the ice spinning With a long free sweep, Cutting and ringing Forward we keep! On 'round and around, With a sharp clear sound, To fly like a fish in the sea!— Ah, this is the sport for me!