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Ski Song

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Ski Song

FLEET! Fleet!
Sweet! Sweet!
Fleet! Fleet!
Fair! Fair!
Sweet and fleet, have you wings or feet?
Are you made of earth, are you made of air?
Across the snow
I watch you go,
Like a flying bird, like a falling star;
Prithee say,
Ab you dart away,
Whether a body or soul you are.

Title: Ski Song
Identifier: greatwar_macfie087

Item sets: War: an Ode And Other Poems

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