Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DANCE, by JAMES STEPHENS



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First Line: Left and right and swing around!
Last Line: With the laughter of the heart!
Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers; Happiness; Joy; Delight


(1)

Left and right and swing around!
Soar and dip and fall for glee!
Happy sky, and bird, and ground!
Happy wind, and happy tree!

Happy minions, dancing mad!
Joy is guide enough for you;
Cure the world of good and bad;
And teach us innocence anew!

(2)

Good and bad and right and wrong!
Wave the silly words away!
This is wisdom -- to be strong!
This is virtue -- to be gay!

Let us sing and dance, until
We shall know the final art;
How to banish good and ill
With the laughter of the heart!





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