GAYLY sounds the castanet, Beating time to bounding feet, When, after daylight's golden set, Maids and youths by moonlight meet. Oh, then, how sweet to move Thro' all that maze of mirth, Led by light from eyes we love Beyond all eyes on earth. Then, the joyous banquet spread On the cool and fragrant ground, With heaven's bright sparklers overhead, And still brighter sparkling round. Oh, then, how sweet to say Into some loved one's ear, Thoughts reserved thro ' many a day To be thus whispered here. When the dance and feast are done, Arm in arm as home we stray, How sweet to see the dawning sun O'er her cheek's warm blushes play! Then, too, the farewell kiss - The words, whose parting tone Lingers still in dreams of bliss , That haunt young hearts alone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT KENNEBUNKPORT by LOUIS UNTERMEYER LONDON SNOW by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES OUR LADY by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE YOUR HANDS by ANGELINA WELD GRIMKE THE CALL TO THE COLORS by ARTHUR GUITERMAN EPITAPH ON THOMAS CLERE, SURREY'S FAITHFUL FRIEND AND FOLLOWER by HENRY HOWARD PSALM OF THOSE WHO GO FORTH BEFORE DAYLIGHT by CARL SANDBURG |