  Even as to a music, stately and sad, The young girl’s feet begin to move in a dance, And curiously, for joy, shift and advance; So to a mournful waltz, sombre and sweet, All laughing things move with delighted feet— So all things that draw light and laughing breath Move to the mournful waltz of life and death: Comedy is a girl dancing in time To the tragic pipes, sorrowful and sublime; And ever she laughs back, and as she skips Mimics the mournful music with her lips; Then, for sheer anger at her own pretense, Sobs violently at her own vehemence; And mocks her tears. But when the pipings sleep, |
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