Poem by George Darley

The Gambols of Children

Down the dimpled greensward dancing,
Bursts a flaxen-headed bevy,—
Bud-lipt boys and girls advancing,
Love's irregular little levy.

Rows of liquid eyes in laughter,
How they glimmer, how they quiver!
Sparkling one another after,
Like bright ripples on a river.

Tipsy band of rubious faces,
Flushed with Joy's ethereal spirit,
Make your mocks and sly grimaces
At Love's self, and do not fear it. 

1. Lenimina Laborum. 62. On the Picture of a Girl
2. Lenimina Laborum. 14. The Fair Warning
3. Lenimina Laborum. 41. Winter
4. Lenimina Laborum. 60. Zephyre among the Flowers
5. Lenimina Laborum. 7. To My Lyre

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