Of skates with rubber ties a pair,
Thee o’er the asphalte safely bear;
And if these pleasures may thee move,
Come, rink with me, and be my love!
The Rinkmaid’s Answer.
If all the world and love were young,
And truth on every rinker’s tongue,
These asphalte pleasures might me move
To rink with thee and be thy love.
Talk to me not of flowers and posies;