(1) Left and right and swing around! Soar and dip and fall for glee! Happy sky, and bird, and ground! Happy wind, and happy tree! Happy minions, dancing mad! Joy is guide enough for you; Cure the world of good and bad; And teach us innocence anew! (2) Good and bad and right and wrong! Wave the silly words away! This is wisdom -- to be strong! This is virtue -- to be gay! Let us sing and dance, until We shall know the final art; How to banish good and ill With the laughter of the heart! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODE ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF ETON COLLEGE by THOMAS GRAY SANDALPHON by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW COUNTRY DOCTOR by DANA KNEELAND AKERS ON THE DEATH OF JAZZ by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS ON THE BACKWARDNESS OF THE SPRING 1771 by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SONNET TO THE DEBEN by BERNARD BARTON |