Les Ballons
Oscar Wilde
1854 to 1900
Track 1
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Straining at a gossamer string.
Then to the tall trees they climb,
Drift like silken butterflies;
Each a petal of a rose
Reel with every windy gust,
With the rubies of the lime.
Against these turbid turquoise skies
Dip and drift like satin moons,
Float like strange transparent pearls,
Like thin globes of amethyst,
The light and luminous balloons
Now to the low leaves they cling,
Fall and float like silver dust.
Wandering opals keeping tryst
Rise and reel like dancing girls,
Each with coy fantastic pose,
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