Hassan : the story of Hassan of Bagdad, and how he came to make the golden journey to Samarkand : a play in five acts by James Elroy Flecker
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THE DANCING GIRLS Daughters of delight, advance, Petals, petals, drift along; Cypress, tremble! Firefly, dance! Nightingale, your song, your song! THE FAIR We are pale THE DARK as dawn, with roses, O the roses, O desire! We are dark, THE FAIR (Curtsying) but as the twilight Shooting all the sky with fire. CHORUS Daughters of delight, advance, Petals, petals, drift along, Cypress, tremble! Firefly, dance! Nightingale, your song, your song! (They surround the BEGGARS, dancing, and point at them.) LEADER OF THE FAIR From what base tavern, of what street |
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