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"There was a sound of revelry by night, / And Belgium's capital had gathered then / Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright / The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men".
The dance is the harmony of motion wedded to the harmony of sound. Since men have loved music they have loved dancing, and the perfection of the dance will be a fascination until the love of music is dead in the souls of men.