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ON THE ICE by ANNETTE WYNNE

First Line: O THE JOY TO RIDE ON THE SHARPENED
Last Line: BUT IT CANNOT GO AS I GO—SO HIGH, SO HIGH!
Subject(s): CHILDREN; DECEMBER; HAPPINESS; SKATING & SKATERS; CHILDHOOD; JOY; DELIGHT;

O THE joy to ride on the sharpened steel,
With the sun on the ice, and the wind at my heel;
The railroad train beside me may smoke and jar,
But it cannot go as I go—so far, so far!

O, the joy to glide as the wind rides free,
Where the un-steeled never go on land or sea,
The flying car above me may touch the sky,
But it cannot go as I go—so high, so high!



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