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Poem by Louis MacNiece...What is it called?
I cannot for the life of me remember the name a a beautiful poem by Mac Niece about visiting the ballet....does anybody know what it's called??
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite AnswerIs this the one you're looking for? It's lovely. Les Sylphides by Louis MacNiece Life in a day: he took his girl to the ballet; Being shortsighted himself could hardly see it-- The white skirts in the grey Glade and the swell of the music Lifting the white sails. Calyx upon calyx, canterbury bells in the breeze The flowers on the left mirror to the flowers on the right And the naked arms above The powdered faces moving Like seaweed in a pool. Now, he thought, we are floating--ageless, oarless- Now there is no separation, from now on You will be wearing white Satin and a red sash Under the waltzing trees. But the music stopped, the dancers took their curtain, The river had come to a lock--a shuffle of programmes-- And we cannot continue down Stream unless we are ready To enter the lock and drop. So they were married--to be the more together-- And found they were never again so much together, Divided by the morning tea, By the evening paper, By children and tradesmen's bills. Waking at times in the night she found assurance In his regular breathing but wondered whether It was really worth it and where The river had flowed away And where were the white flowers. 
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- DoethinebLv 71 decade agoI think the title is "Les Sylphides". I haven't been able to track it down, but the concluding lines are: “So they were married-to be the more together- And found they were never again so much together, Divided by the morning tea, By the evening paper, By children and tradesmen's bills”. I hope this may help you find it. 


