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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A POLKA LYRIC, by BARCLAY PHILIPS First Line: Qui nunc dancere vult modo Last Line: Celere -- run away, just in sham. Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers | |||
QUI nunc dancere vult modo, Wants to dance in the fashion, oh! Discere debet -- ought to know, Kickere floor cum heel and toe, One, two, three, Hop with me, Whirligig, twirligig, rapide. Polkam jungere, Virgo, vis, Will you join the polka, miss? Liberius -- most willingly. Sic agimus -- then let us try: Nunc vide, Skip with me, Whirlabout, roundabout, celere. Tum laeva cito, tum dextra, First to the left, and then t'other way; Aspice retro in vultu, You look at her, and she looks at you. Das palmam Change hands, ma'am; Celere -- run away, just in sham. | 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 THE GIFT by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL ODE IN MEMORY OF THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEERS FALLEN FOR FRANCE by ALAN SEEGER |
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