retreating

These flames, which ships dissembled to our foes.

Retreating thence as lions, which some wile,

Or stratagem, did of their prey beguile,

Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, 25

Retreating, to the breath

Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear

Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,

Retreating, to the breath

Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear

As ‘D— —, Sir,’ and ‘Sir, I wear a sword’;

Here lesson’d for a while, and hence retreating,

Goes out, affronts his man, and takes a beating. 30

’twas but a dream.’

Aye, ’twas but a dream, for now there’s no retreating: 25

If I cease Harlequin, I cease from eating.

Which, as she gazed on some nigh-finished vase,

Retreating slow, with meditative pause,

She formed with restless hands unconsciously.

Frisking light in frolic measures ;

Now pursuing, now retreating,

Frisking light in frolic measures;

Now pursuing, now retreating,

Now in circling troops they meet: