Lovely ones, and they stirred with their feet
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καλούς ἱμερόεντας· ἐπερρώσαντο δὲ ποσσίν.
The dances are beautiful and full of longing; the Muses "quicken" — surge into motion — with their feet. The sentence closes on the beat of dancing feet.
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