(Old French) <br /> <br />Memories long in music sleeping, <br />No more sleeping, <br />No more dumb; <br />Delicate phantoms softly creeping <br />Softly back from the old-world come. <br /> <br />Faintest odours around them straying, <br />Suddenly straying <br />In chambers dim; <br />Whispering silks in order swaying, <br />Glimmering gems on shoulders slim: <br /> <br />Courage advancing strong and tender, <br />Grace untender <br />Fanning desire; <br />Suppliant conquest, proud surrender, <br />Courtesy cold of hearts on fire--- <br /> <br />Willowy billowy now they're bending, <br />Low they're bending <br />Down-dropt eyes; <br />Stately measure and stately ending, <br />Music sobbing, and a dream that dies.<br /><br />Sir Henry Newbolt<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/gavotte/
