Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HURDY-GURDY, by GLENN WARD DRESBACH


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HURDY-GURDY, by                    
First Line: Hurry, little laughing girls
Last Line: Other hurdy-gurdies play.
Subject(s): Girls


Hurry, little laughing girls
With flying skirts and dancing curls.
Grip moist pennies in your hands
Where the hurdy-gurdy stands.
Run, you boys, with laugh and shout --
See the monkey dance about,
With his red cap perching high
Over one sagacious eye,
Holding out his cup of tin.
Hear the pennies jingle in!
Hear the tunes that you will hear
New springs whisper in your ear
Long years after -- while you wonder
What lost window they are under!
Watch the merry breeze that blows
Franco's winged mustachios
While he grinds, with far-off eyes --
On what blue Italian skies!
Let two lovers pass this way,
Pleased with all their words can say,
Still more pleased that something draws
More than words, until they pause
Silent, gazing in surprise --
Springtime in each other's eyes!
Windows open to the notes --
Some forgotten fragrance floats
Inward, and the curtains stir
As if changed to gossamer ...
Now so many people stand
Gripping pennies in the hand,
Hearing, very far away,
Other hurdy-gurdies play.





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