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A blithesome boy this picture shows; / He has a true Mercurian pose, / Like winged heels his roller-skates / Send him fast-flying past his mates. / When one is young, 'tis very nice / To skate on rollers or on ice.
But Ancient Gaffers, do not try / With active boys like this to vie. / For if you get a skate on, you / Acquire a rolling gait, 'tis true. / But soon this proverb you'll endorse, -- / A rolling gait gathers remorse.