Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DANCING GIRL, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A light and joyous figure, one that seems Last Line: The dust and ashes of a happier time. Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers | ||||||||
A light and joyous figure, one that seems As if the air were her own element; Begirt with cheerful thoughts, and bringing back Old days, when nymphs upon Arcadian plains Made musical the wind, and in the sun Flashed their bright cymbals and their whitest hands. These were the days of poetry -- the woods Were haunted with sweet shadows; and the caves, Odorous with moss, and it with shining spars, Were homes where Naiads met some graceful youth Beneath the moonlit heaven -- all this is past; Ours is a darker and a sadder age; Heaven help us through it! -- 'tis a weary world The dust and ashes of a happier time. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FAMED DANCER DIES OF PHOSPHORUS POISONING by RICHARD HOWARD ROSE AND MURRAY by CONRAD AIKEN A DANCER'S LIFE by DONALD JUSTICE DANCING WITH THE DOG by SUSAN KENNEDY SONG FROM A COUNTRY FAIR by LEONIE ADAMS THE CHILDREN DANCING by LAURENCE BINYON CALYPSO WATCHING THE OCEAN by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON |
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