Love

I dance and dance! Another faun

by Michael Field 1846–1914 (Bradley) and 1862–1913 (Cooper)

From Underneath the Bough (1898)

Love

I dance and dance! Another faun
A black one, dances on the lawn.
He moves with me, and when I lift
My heels his feet directly shift:
I can't outdance him though I try;
He dances nimbler than I.
I toss my head, and so does he;
What tricks he dares to play on me!
I touch the ivy in my hair;
Ivy he has and finger there.
The spiteful thing to mock me so!
I will outdance him! Ho, ho, ho!

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The First Book of Songs

MLA

Field, Michael. “I dance and dance! Another faun.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/field_m/41/.

Chicago

Field, Michael. “I dance and dance! Another faun.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/field_m/41/.

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