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Sir Henry Newbolt - ImogenSir Henry Newbolt - Imogen
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(A Lady of Tender Age) Ladies, where were your bright eyes glancing,   Where were they glancing yester-night? Saw ye Imogen dancing, dancing,   Imogen dancing all in white?   Laughed she not with a pure delight,   Laughed she not with a joy serene, Stepped she not with a grace entrancing,   Slenderly girt in silken sheen? All through the night from dusk to daytime   Under her feet the hours were swift, Under her feet the hours of play-time   Rose and fell with a rhythmic lift:   Music set her adrift, adrift,   Music eddying towards the day Swept her along as brooks in May-time   Carry the freshly falling May. Ladies, life is a changing measure,   Youth is a lilt that endeth soon; Pluck ye never so fast at pleasure   Twilight follows the longest noon.   Nay, but here is a lasting boon,   Life for hearts that are old and chill, Youth undying for hearts that treasure   Imogen dancing, dancing still.
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