On with the Dance! let joy be unconfined.  – Byron –

And the dancing has begun now, And the danceres whirl round gaily in the waltz’s giddy mazes, and the ground beneath them trembles.  – Heine, Book of Songs –

Come, knit hands, and beat the ground in a light fantastic round.  – Milton –

Come and trip it as you go, On the light fantastic toe.  – Milton –

It is no small thing to have played for mankind to dance. – Richard Specht, of Johann Strauss

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