Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE TREAD-WHEEL SONG. 19 THE TREAD-WHEEL SONG. ADAPTED FROM HOLMES. The stars are rolling in the sky, The earth rolls on below, And we can feel our twinkling wheel Revolving as we go. Then tread away, my gallant boys, And make the axle fly; Why should not we go rotiform, Like planets in the sky ? Wake up, come up, you walking men, And stir your heavy pegs ; Arouse, arise, my gawky friend, And ply your spider legs ! What tho' you 're awkward at the first, 'Most any one can learn — So hold upon the handles, man, And take another turn. They 've built us up a noble steed To beat the vulgar rout; 20 THE YOUTH AND THE BICYCLE. The motion is almost the same As just to walk about. You 're seated on horseback afoot, To speed your distant ends; Beside the pleasant rolling round Among one's honest friends. Mark, fellows, 't is a Traveller, And useful work is done, As well as on its spinning wings To fly around for fun. You '11 say, when our revolving colt You shall have better known, " Now, hang me, but I must have one Bicycle of my own!" THE YOUTH AND THE BICYCLE. A Certain young man, for his physical, Has been out and bought him a bicycle; He is careless and rash, And it's treating him " hash," This hasty young man on his bicycle. A TOAST. 21 Says he, you acephalous bicycle, I shall fling you away for a tricycle, Have a tertium quid, Or it cannot be rid, Says hasty young man off his bicycle. o. w. H. A TOAST. Holmes Plus D. Blbamus Ad Primum Blcyclicum Club, In Urbe Eorum Cui Nomen Est " Hub" J Ex Floreant, Valeant, Volitant Tam, Non Peircius Ipse Enumeret Quam. Englished, freely. Here 's luck to the pioneer Bicycle Club, That starts in the place entitled the Hub; May thei...