SHE beat the happy pavement-- <br />By such a star made firmament, <br /> Which now no more the roof envies! <br /> But swells up high, with Atlas even, <br /> Bearing the brighter nobler heaven, <br /> And, in her, all the deities. <br /> <br />Each step trod out a Lover's thought, <br />And the ambitious hopes he brought <br /> Chain'd to her brave feet with such arts, <br /> Such sweet command and gentle awe, <br /> As, when she ceased, we sighing saw <br /> The floor lay paved with broken hearts.<br /><br />Richard Lovelace<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/gratiana-dancing/
