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In the Empire of Light the water's completely dry floating on a surface of itself around islands pointed south-southwest The wind fills it then with more of itself according to the rules which cause parallel lines to vibrate and cross less and less among the hanging baskets from a rain forest among the visiting statesmen from a rain forest Here the dancer stops to regain her balance and reelaborate the distance from the feet to the head The risk is a part of the rhythm She steps out of and into balance with those who are left Chalk-marks show them where to stand | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPITAPH ON AN ARMY OF MERCENARIES by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN THE COUNTRY CLERGYMAN'S TRIP TO CAMBRIDGE; ELECTION BALLAD by THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY NOVEMBER BLUE by ALICE MEYNELL SONNETS ON PICTURES: MARY MAGDALEN AT THE DOOR OF SIMON THE PHARISEE by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI WHAT THE ENGINE SAYS by ALEXANDER ANDERSON EPIGRAM ON KISSES by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) THE WANDERER: 5. IN HOLLAND: A NIGHT IN THE FISHERMAN'S HUT by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |
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