Living
The Village Dance
Translated by John Addington Symonds (1884) · From Wine, Women, and Song (1884)
Living
Wide the lime-tree to the air
Spreads her boughs and foliage fair;
Thyme beneath is growing
On the verdant meadow-where
Dancers' feet are going.
Through the grass a little spring
Runs with jocund murmuring;
All the place rejoices;
Cooling zephyrs breathe and sing
With their summer voices.
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MLA
The Goliards (Wandering Scholars). “The Village Dance.” Translated by John Addington Symonds. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goliards/19/.
Chicago
The Goliards (Wandering Scholars). “The Village Dance.” Translated by John Addington Symonds. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goliards/19/.
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