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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DANCE OF DEATH (AIR RAID AT NORWICH), by CAMILLA DOYLE
First Line: The electric lights begin
Last Line: And now begin the drums.
Subject(s): Air Raids; Air Warfare; Dancing & Dancers; Death; Dead, The
First Line: The electric lights begin
Last Line: And now begin the drums.
Subject(s): Air Raids; Air Warfare; Dancing & Dancers; Death; Dead, The
The electric lights begin
To jump as if they'd fuse,
Outside the house a giant dances,
Pounding in heavy shoes.
A witch astride her broom
Sweeps on to join the dance—
You hear her sweep as the bombs whizz,
You hear her broomstick prance.
The windows play a tune,
Rattling castanets.
Above the town a harpy glides,
Swoops and pirouettes.
The Dance of Death begins,
The Witch's Sabbath comes.
The violins already shriek,
And now begin the drums.
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