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THE WALTZ by RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN

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.



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