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Gavotte
(Old French)
 
 
 
MEMORIES long in music sleeping,
    No more sleeping,
       No more dumb:
Delicate phantoms softly creeping
    Softly back from the old-world
      come.
 
Faintest odours around them stray-
      ing,
    Suddenly straying
       In chambers dim ;
Whispering silks in order swaying,
    Glimmering geems on shoulders
      slim :
 
Courage advancing strong and tender,
    Grace untender
       Fanning desire ;
Suppliant conquest, proud surrender,
       Courtesy cold of hearts on
      fire-
 
Willowy billowy now they’re bend-
      ing,
    Low they’re bending
       Down-dropt eyes ;
Stately meausre and stately ending,
    Music sobbing, and a dream that
      dies.
 
 
 
 
 

Henry Newbolt

 
 
Dance Poetry
A comprehensive anthology
Edited by Alkis Raftis
Copyright 2012

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