Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE LITTLE DANCERS, by LAURENCE BINYON


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First Line: Lonely, save for a few faint stars, the sky
Last Line: Their eyes shining, grave with a perfect pleasure.
Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers


LONELY, save for a few faint stars, the sky
Dreams; and lonely, below, the little street
Into its gloom retires, secluded and shy.
Scarcely the dumb roar enters this soft retreat;
And all is dark, save where come flooding rays
From a tavern window: there, to the brisk measure
Of an organ that down in an alley merrily plays,
Two children, all alone and no one by,
Holding their tattered frocks, through an airy maze
Of motion, lightly threaded with nimble feet,
Dance sedately: face to face they gaze,
Their eyes shining, grave with a perfect pleasure.





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