Transcriber's Note:
Missing periods added at the end of stanzas, otherwise punctuation and spelling left as in the original.
JUVENILE SPORTS
OR
YOUTH'S PASTIMES
Embellished with Cold. Engras.
Price Sixpence.
London
Pub. by R. Miller, 24 Old Fish S. Doctors Coms.
Would you either skate, or slide,
Ever Oh! of falls beware,
Pain often, stands by pleasures side
Broken heads, are skaiters fare.
The Bear is in a surly mood,
I, should not like him in a wood,
Then buffet him, if you advance,
But mind, this knot, shall make you dance.
Come, trundle now your Hoops, my boys,
And drive them quick along,
While each his favorite sport enjoys,
Amidst the jovial throng.
The little Vessel spreads all sail,
Swift wafted by the gentle gale,
And as she glides along the stream,
Their eager eyes, with pleasure beam.
High bounding like the nimble deer
At Leapfrog, blithesome boys appear
While health gives vigour to the frame
And fits them for the active game.
With bat and trap, the Youth's agre'd