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Transcriber’s Note:
Italic text is represented by underscores surrounding the _text_.
Superscript text is represented by a preceding caret character, e.g. the
d in Col^d.
Missing periods added at the end of stanzas, otherwise punctuation and
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JUVENILE SPORTS
_OR_
YOUTH’S PASTIMES
_Embellished with Col^d. Engra^s._
Price Sixpence.
[Illustration]
London
_Pub. by R. Miller, 24 Old Fish S. Doctors Com^s._
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[Illustration]
Would you either skate, or slide,
Ever Oh! of falls beware,
Pain often, stands by pleasures side
Broken heads, are skaiters fare.
[Illustration]
The Bear is in a surly mood,
I, should not like him in a wood,
Then buffet him, if you advance,
But mind, this knot, shall make you dance.
[Illustration]
Come, trundle now your Hoops, my boys,
And drive them quick along,
While each his favorite sport enjoys,
Amidst the jovial throng.
[Illustration]
The little Vessel spreads all sail,
Swift wafted by the gentle gale,
And as she glides along the stream,
Their eager eyes, with pleasure beam.
[Illustration]
High bounding like the nimble deer
At Leapfrog, blithesome boys appear
While health gives vigour to the frame
And fits them for the active game.
[Illustration]
With bat and trap, the Youth’s agre’d
To send the ball abroad with speed,
While eager with his open hands,
To catch him out, his playmate stands.
[Illustration]
This Boy with spirit, whips his top,
And makes it circling, spin and hop,
Then out of breath, he sits awhile,
To rest him from the pleasing toil.
[Illustration]
The Kite majestic soars on high,
In various gambols, thro’ the sky,
Deck’d out with stars and colors gay,
Upon the schoolboys holiday.
[Illustration]
The time for playing Top is in,
By Proclamation, let them spin,
To drive the counter, to its bound,
Upon the smooth enamell’d ground.
[Illustration]
The Pins in even order stand,
Like ranks of soldiers, in a band,
And many a Youth before his prime,
Is fell’d, by that arch bowler—Time.
[Illustration]
Now each regardless of a fall,
With crooked stick, oft strikes the ball,
Which o’er the icy surface flies,
The adventr’us game, with ardour plies.
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