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This quiet Dust was Gentlemen and Ladies,


And Lads and Girls;


Was laughter and ability and sighing,


And frocks and curls.


This passive place a Summer's nimble mansion, 5


Where Bloom and Bees


Fulfilled their Oriental Circuit,


Then ceased like these.





Dust is compared with several things: "gentlemen," "ladies," "lads," "girls," "laughter," "ability," "sighing," "frocks," and "curls." The way that dust is compared makes it equal with each of these things. This is a device called