Sonnets and Songs

<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_79" id="Page_79">[Pg 79]</SPAN></span></p> <h3>XXXVIII</h3> <h3><i>The Dance</i></h3> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Like little, eager children<br/></span> <span class="i2">The tiptoe tulips stand,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Row upon row of dancing heads<br/></span> <span class="i2">In joyous saraband.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">With lithe, long emerald petticoats,<br/></span> <span class="i2">And happy hands tossed up,<br/></span> <span class="i0">The sunshine is the laughter<br/></span> <span class="i2">That brims their golden cup.<br/></span></div> </div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />