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ICE ON THE HIGHWAY by THOMAS HARDY

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First Line: SEVEN BUXOM WOMEN ABREAST, AND ARM IN ARM
Last Line: YET LOUD THEIR LAUGHTER AS THEY STAGGER AND SLIDE!

SEVEN buxom women abreast, and arm in arm,
Trudge down the hill, tip-toed,
And breathing warm;
They must perforce trudge thus, to keep upright
On the glassy ice-bound road,
And they must get to market whether or no,
Provisions running low
With the nearing Saturday night,
While the lumbering van wherein they mostly ride
Can nowise go:
Yet loud their laughter as they stagger and slide!



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