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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WALTZ, by RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN Poet's Biography First Line: Behold with downcast eyes and modest glance Last Line: Turned their poor heads and taught them how to waltz. | |||
BEHOLD with downcast eyes and modest glance, In measured step, a well-dressed pair advance, One hand on hers, the other on her hip, For thus the law's ordained by Baron Trip, 'Twas in such posture our first parents moved, When hand in hand through Eden's bowers they roved, Ere yet the devil with practice foul and falso Turned their poor heads and taught them how to waltz. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A WIFE by RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN DRY BE THAT TEAR by RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN THE DUENNA: SONG by RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN THE DUENNA: THE FRIAR'S CHORUS by RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN THE LITERARY LADY by RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN THE SWALLOWS by RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN A MINOR POET by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET A SERVANT TO SERVANTS by ROBERT FROST A LITTLE CHRISTMAS BASKET by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 101. THE ONE HOPE by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |
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