Translation Of Some Lines, Written Under A Print Representing Persons Skating

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Title:     Translation Of Some Lines, Written Under A Print Representing Persons Skating
Author: Samuel Johnson [More Titles by Johnson]

Sur un mince cristal l'hiver conduit leurs pas,
Le precipice est sous la glace:
Telle est de nos plaisirs la legere surface:
Glissez, mortels; n'appuyez pas.

O'er ice the rapid skater flies,
With sport above, and death below;
Where mischief lurks in gay disguise,
Thus lightly touch and quickly go.

 

IMPROMPTU TRANSLATION OF THE SAME.

O'er crackling ice, o'er gulfs profound,
With nimble glide the skaters play;
O'er treach'rous pleasure's flow'ry ground
Thus lightly skim, and haste away.

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Samuel Johnson's poem: Translation Of Some Lines, Written Under A Print Representing Persons Skating

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