Remembered dances and the magic of the crowd
A nostalgic verse recalls youth in a glittering hall where bonds were formed and Peter Howard sparked life with a magic voice guiding a lively quadrille. The scene swells with rapture as the crowd moves, transforming emptiness into a bustling, shinful throng.
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