The Idler Magazine, Vol. 3. Feb 1893.

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Title: The Idler, Volume III., Issue XIII., February 1893

Subtitle: An Illustrated Monthly. Edited By Jerome K. Jerome & Robert Barr

Author: Various

Editor: Robert Barr

Editor: Jerome K. Jerome

Release Date: May 1, 2004 [EBook #12223]

Language: English

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THE SKATER.

BY WILLIAM CANTON.

ILLUSTRATED BY A. L. BOWLEY.

   O'er glassy levels of the mere
     She glides on slanting skate;
   She loves in fairy curves to veer
     And weave her figure eight.
Bright flower in fur, I would thy feet
Could weave my heart and thine, my sweet,
Thus into one glad life complete!
   Harsh winter, rage thy rudest:
     Freeze, freeze, thou churlish sky;
   Blow, arctic wind, thy shrewdest—
     What care my heart and I!