Went to a skating-rink a little while,
To see them slide in the new-fangled style;
And, strange enough, this eve a letter came
From a friend — Abdiel Stebbins is his name —
A cousin of my aunt, Sophia Dean;
A wise old man, but clumsy like, and green.
He's on a visit in a neighboring city,
And he has been a-skating — more's the pity!
He tells it in a manner quite sincere;
I think perhaps I'll paste it right in here: