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First Line: You who wear battle grey
Last Line: Only lovliness! Only lovliness!
Alternate Author Name(s): Mitchell, James Herbert, Mrs.
Subject(s): Skating & Skaters; Sports


You who wear battle grey,
Who are a savage thing,
And swoop on the ice like a bird of prey,
How is it your talons so glittering
Draw no blood as they press? . . .
Only lovliness! only lovliness!





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