Cupid's Alley

"O Love's but a dance,

Where Time plays the fiddle!

Antique Valentine Kewpie Doll

O Love's but a dance!

A whisper,  a glance,-

'Shall we twirl down the middle?

O Love's but a dance,

Where Time plays the fiddle!

"Strange Dance! 'Tis free to Rank and Rags;

Here no distinction flatters,

Here riches shakes its money-bags,

And poverty its tatters;

Church, Army, Navy, Physic, Law;-

Maid, Mistress, Master, Valet;

Long locks, grey hairs, bald heads, and a',

They bob -in 'Cupid's Alley'."

 The Dance In Cupid's Alley

(1904)

Arthur Rackham

(1867-1939)

English artist and book illustrator

"Cupid's Alley"

An excerpt from the poem by

 Henry Austin Dobson

(1840-1921)

English poet and essayist