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CANTO II.] LXXII.

Childe Harold at a little distance stood

And viewed, but not displeased, the revelrie,

Nor hated harmless mirth, however rude:

In sooth, it was no vulgar sight to see

Their barbarous, yet their not indecent, glee;

And, as the flames along their faces gleamed,

Their gestures nimble, dark eyes flashing free,

The long wild locks that to their girdles streamed,

While thus in concert they this lay half sang, half screamed: N30