Scherzo

What D'ye Lack? - IV

Come - play our games!
Come try your luck -
Or skill, or strength --
Come vie with steel - or strategy -
Meet challenges, and test your mettle!
Come nigh - the play's the thing!
Here dance with simple folk in country style,
In figures rich with twists and weavings,
Or pause and give your ear to vulgar washer women's songs,
And wander on --
The play of color dances in the dappled wood,
And beaten gold and silver notes dance in the air
About a singing dulcimer.
Come you -- step through the milling crowd
And join the players.