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[III. Music and dances]
Music and dances,
Smiles and bright glances,
Love's happy chances,
All are at play.
Youths with gay sashes,
Girls with calashes,
Quick as light flashes,
Foot it away.
Smiles and bright glances,
Love's happy chances,
All are at play.
Youths with gay sashes,
Girls with calashes,
Quick as light flashes,
Foot it away.
Viols are tinkling,
Light feet are twinkling,
Snowy veils crinkling,
Round as they go.
Soft voices prattle,
Castanets rattle,
Love's mimic battle
Mingles them so.
Light feet are twinkling,
Snowy veils crinkling,
Round as they go.
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Castanets rattle,
Love's mimic battle
Mingles them so.
Now the dance closes,—
Baskets of roses,
Woven in posies,
Gayly they twine.
Goblets are clashing,
Amber lights flashing,
Young lovers dashing
Beauty in wine.
Baskets of roses,
Woven in posies,
Gayly they twine.
Goblets are clashing,
Amber lights flashing,
Young lovers dashing
Beauty in wine.
All now is over,—
White mantles hover,
Each with a lover,
Back to the town.
None of them misses
Sweetest of blisses,
Dewy wet kisses,—
That is love's crown.
White mantles hover,
Each with a lover,
Back to the town.
None of them misses
Sweetest of blisses,
Dewy wet kisses,—
That is love's crown.
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