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Famous Terpsichore Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Terpsichore poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous terpsichore poems. These examples illustrate what a famous terpsichore poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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by Paterson, Andrew Barton
...he could keep it down or not, 
Was all the same to Cassidy. 

And when the boys would start a dance, 
In honour of Terpsichore, 
'Twas just an even-money chance 
You'd find him rather shickery. 
But once he struck his proper stride, 
And heard the band's vivacity, 
The jazz, the tango, or the slide 
Was all the same to Cassidy. 

And now he's gone to face the Light, 
With all it may reveal to him, 
A life without a drink or fight 
Perhaps may not appeal to him; 
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by Pound, Ezra
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Dowson found harlots cheaper than hotels;
Headlam for uplift; Image impartially imbued
With raptures for Bacchus, Terpsichore and the Church.
So spoke the author of "The Dorian Mood",

M. Verog, out of step with the decade,
Detached from his contemporaries,
Neglected by the young,
Because of these reveries.

Brennbaum. 

The sky-like limpid eyes,
The circular infant's face,
The stiffness from spats to collar
Never relaxing into grace;

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by St Vincent Millay, Edna
...nd Earth and Hell and the four seasons through;
Thalia, not you,
Not you, Melpomene,
Not your incomparable feet, O thin Terpsichore, I seek in this great hall,
But one more pale, more pensive, most beloved of you all.
I seek her from afar,
I come from temples where her altars are,
From groves that bear her name,
Noisy with stricken victims now and sacrificial flame,
And cymbals struck on high and strident faces
Obstreperous in her praise
They neither love nor know,
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