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ALLEGRETTO (TO BEATRICE MORTON) by SYLVIA ELDRIDGE

First Line: YOU DRAPE AROUND YOUR WILLOWY BODY
Last Line: OF A SOFT-THROATED WIND!
Subject(s): DANCING & DANCERS; LOVE;
You drape around your willowy body
the amorous tunes of a Chopin valse,
and in staccato tempo
your lithe and nimble feet
twinkle
on the cool ground
daintily,
coquettishly,
like two tremulous aspen leaves
dancing to the cajoling whispers
of a soft-throated wind!



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