| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| Richard Lovelace. 1618–1658 |
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| 345. Gratiana Dancing |
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| SHE beat the happy pavèment— | |
| By such a star made firmament, | |
| Which now no more the roof envìes! | |
| But swells up high, with Atlas even, | |
| Bearing the brighter nobler heaven, | 5 |
| And, in her, all the deities. | |
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| Each step trod out a Lover's thought, | |
| And the ambitious hopes he brought | |
| Chain'd to her brave feet with such arts, | |
| Such sweet command and gentle awe, | 10 |
| As, when she ceased, we sighing saw | |
| The floor lay paved with broken hearts. | |
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