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" The fount of joy was bubbling in thine eyes,
Dancing was in thy feet,
And on thy lips a laugh that never dies,
Unutterably sweet.
Dance on! for ever young, for ever fair,
Lightfooted as a frightened bounding deer,
Thy wreath of vine-leaves twisted in thy hair,
Through all the changing seasons of the year... "

Vita Sackville-West , Poems of West & East


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Vita Sackville-West quote : The fount of joy was bubbling in thine eyes,<br />Dancing was in thy feet,<br />And on thy lips a laugh that never dies,<br />Unutterably sweet. <br />Dance on! for ever young, for ever fair,<br />Lightfooted as a frightened bounding deer,<br />Thy wreath of vine-leaves twisted in thy hair,<br />Through all the changing seasons of the year...