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Parliamentary Letters, and Other Poems

By Q. in the Corner [i.e. N. T. H. Bayly]
 

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O'er the chalk-cover'd ball-room in circles they swim;
He smiles upon her, and she smiles upon him;
Her arm on his shoulder is tenderly placed,
His hand quite as tenderly circles her waist;
They still bear in mind, as they're turning each other,
The proverb “one good turn's deserving another;”
And these bodily turns often end, it is said,
In turning the lady's or gentleman's head.