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Poem by William Shenstone


On Miss M--'s's Dancing


Of all that gives politeness birth,
Of all that claims to please,
In motion, manners, or in mirth,
The surest source is ease.

With silent step, and graceful air,
See gentle Sylvia move;
Whilst heedless gazers, unaware,
Resign their soul to love.

Accomplish'd maid! my trivial rhyme
Must do thy graces wrong;
Who dost not only dance in time,
But steal, like time, along.



William Shenstone


William Shenstone's other poems:
  1. The Judgement of Hercules
  2. Elegy 25. To Delia, with Some Flowers
  3. Hint from Voiture
  4. Elegy 2. On Posthumous Reputation - To a Friend
  5. Comparison

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