THE NAUTCH GIRL.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4856, 2 August 1884, Page 1

THE NAUTCH GIRL.

Fboh "Indian Lyrics," by W. Tbbgo Webb. Swaying low she quits her station, ■•:';.. All one eilken undulation, • Past the rows of swarthy faces, cresset-like, that line the walls; * * With a sleek and sliding motion, Like the glossy Swell oi ocean^' Like a cataract's water gliding oily-muooth before it falls. ' -- Silvery-golden gleams and glances, Dancing with.'her as she dances, , Flash like fireflies from her jewelled ankl*} . arm, and throat, and ear, ' ' Gemmed with light she glitters dark* liog. As a dusky billow sparkling, Sawn with phosphorescent lustre in a tragic midnight clear. ' ' Clasping folds of gaudy vesture, *£ Float her hands in wavy gesture, > M" As she winds in snaky wreathings to tihef droning of the hymns; Till the truth is lost in seeming, And our spirits fall a dreaming 'Neath the spell of rhythmic paces and the mist of woven limbs. Like the sea foam's glittering daughter, Like an image carved of water, Trembling into of opal, darkly flushed with radiance rare, There she circled in Her splendour, ; While a passionate light and tender Smote-upon us from her dark eyes and the ripjpleTs.; of her hair.