And have brought their roses out!
’Tis “Forward six!” with rustic grace,
Ah, rarer far than—“Swing to place!”
Than golden clouds of old point lace,
They bring the dance about.
In the foregoing we have a picture of the country dance. We hear the figures called out by the old fiddler, and see the ever-varying changes of The Money Musk. Study the lines so as to be able to bring out the calls clearly, noting the two distinct calls at the opening, and the abrupt break in the sixth line.
The next extract presents a wife confiding to a friend the story of her courtship. Her husband is a true knight, and would perhaps resent it to have even his bravery form the subject of conversation. The story has reached its conclusion when the speaker says:
Our elder boy has got the clear
Great brow; tho’ when his brother’s black
Full eyes show scorn, it—