Living
Lines Written under a Print Representing Persons Skaiting
From Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett (1855)
Living
O'er crackling ice, o'er gulfs profound,
With nimble glide the skaiters play;
O'er treacherous Pleasure's flowery ground
Thus lightly skim, and haste away.
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Johnson, Samuel. “Lines Written under a Print Representing Persons Skaiting.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/johnson_samuel/31/.
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Johnson, Samuel. “Lines Written under a Print Representing Persons Skaiting.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/johnson_samuel/31/.
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