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THE DANCERS by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY

First Line: I DANCE AND DANCE! ANOTHER FAUN
Last Line: I WILL OUTDANCE HIM! HO, HO, HO!
Subject(s): CHILDREN; DANCING & DANCERS; CHILDHOOD;

I DANCE and dance! Another faun,
A black one, dances on the lawn.
He moves with me, and when I lift
My heels his feet directly shift:
I can't out-dance him though I try;
He dances nimbler than I.
I toss my head, and so does he;
What tricks he dares to play on me!
I touch the ivy in my hair;
Ivy he has and finger there.
The spiteful thing to mock me so!
I will outdance him! Ho, ho, ho!



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