A mixed grill of varied verse on winter sports and other topics / by W. Edgecombe.

  • Edgecombe, Wilfrid.
Date:
1914
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: A mixed grill of varied verse on winter sports and other topics / by W. Edgecombe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    ANNO DOMINI (With apologies to the shade of C. K.) all your limbs are young, lad, And all your sinews green; And all your edges true, lad, And all your turns are clean; Then hey! for boot and skate, lad, And round the rink away To try at topmost rate, lad, The “B” and “D” and “A.” When all your limbs are old, lad, And all too well you know You cannot pass the tests, lad, You skated years ago; Creep round the rink and wait there; Perchance, with luck, you'll find Three oldish men to skate there A veteran's “combined.''