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Posted By: GUEST,Bernie
21-Nov-22 - 07:08 AM
Thread Name: tunes in Thomas Hardy poem - Dance at the Phoenix
Subject: Thomas Hardy - Dance at the Phoenix
In Thomas Hardy's poem, "Dance at the Phoenix", he lists a dozen dance tunes:
Lines 57-62
That night the throbbing “Soldier’s Joy,” The measured tread and sway Of “Fancy-Lad” and “Maiden Coy,” Reached Jenny as she lay Beside her spouse; till springtide blood Seemed scouring through her like a flood That whisked the years away.
Lines 99-112
The favorite Quick-step “Speed the Plough”— (Cross hands, cast off, and wheel)— “The Triumph,” “Sylph,” “The Row-dow dow,” Famed “Major Malley’s Reel,” “The Duke of York’s,” “The Fairy Dance,” “The Bridge of Lodi” (brought from France), She beat out, toe and heel.
The “Fall of Paris” clanged its close, And Peter’s chime told four, When Jenny, bosom-beating, rose To seek her silent door. They tiptoed in escorting her, Lest stroke of heel or chink of spur Should break her goodman’s snore.