Nature
A Mountain Round
From Rhymes for the Young Folk (undated Cassell edition)
Nature
Take hands, merry neighbours, for dancing the round!
Moonlight is fair and delicious the air;
From valley to valley our music shall sound,
And startle the wolf in his lair.
From summits of snow to the forest below,
Let vulture and crow hear the echoes, O-ho! (O-ho!)
While shadow on meadow in dancing the round
Goes whirligig, pair after pair!
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MLA
Allingham, William. “A Mountain Round.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/allingham/31/.
Chicago
Allingham, William. “A Mountain Round.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/allingham/31/.
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