550. Gratiana Dancing by Richard Lovelace
b"R Lovelace read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------\\n\\nGratiana Dancing\\nby Richard Lovelace (1618 \\u2013 1658)\\n\\nShe beat the happy pavement\\u2014\\nBy such a star made firmament,\\n Which now no more the roof env\\xeces!\\n But swells up high, with Atlas even,\\n Bearing the brighter nobler heaven,\\n And, in her, all the deities.\\n\\nEach step trod out a Lover's thought,\\nAnd the ambitious hopes he brought\\n Chain'd to her brave feet with such arts,\\n Such sweet command and gentle awe,\\n As, when she ceased, we sighing saw\\n The floor lay paved with broken hearts.\\n\\n\\nFirst aired: 25 July 2008\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008"