Psaltery, reed, marimba, or cithern;
Rude sires of more harmonious instruments,
String' d with a root, a snake-skin strain'd athwart—
One sang me a small song about the dance.

The dance! the dance!
Maidens advance
Your undulating charm!
A line deploys
Of gentle boys,
Waving the light arm,
Bronze alive and warm;
Reedflute and drum
Sound as they come,
Under your eyelight warm!

Many a boy,
A dancing joy,
Many a mellow maid,
With fireflies in the shade,
Mingle and glide,
Appear and hide,