The Wind on the Heath - A Gypsy Anthology (Romany History Series)John Sampson This magnificent Gypsy anthology was first published in London 1930. It contains over 300 items of prose and verse gleaned from classical literature, folklore, history and true Gypsy life. It has long been considered unique in its field and is very hard to find in its first edition. We have now re-published this scarce book incorporating the original text and illustrations. The book's 380 pages are divided into 12 sections designed to bring to light the chief facets of Gypsy life. They have been chosen for their historical and anthropological interest and are supported with illustrations of the real Gypsy way of life, and yet the same wind blows over all on this Gypsy heath. Contents include: The Dark Race. - The Roaming Life. - Field and Sky. - Gypsies and Gentiles. - The Romany Chye. - Gypsy Children. - Sturt and Strife. - Black Arts. - A Gypsy Bestiary. - Egipte Speche. - Scholar Gypsies. - Envoy. Also included is a glossary of Romani words. This important book is thoroughly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of all with an interest in Gypsy ways. |
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... Morning, noon, and afternoon, Night and all her sars: 'Twixt the eas and wesern bars Round they journey, Come and go! We go with them! For to roam and ever roam Is the Zíncali's loved home. Richard Jefferies. George Eliot. The. Charred.
... Morning, noon, and afternoon, Night and all her sars: 'Twixt the eas and wesern bars Round they journey, Come and go! We go with them! For to roam and ever roam Is the Zíncali's loved home. Richard Jefferies. George Eliot. The. Charred.
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... Fesoon you with may; Time, you old gipsy, Why hasen away? Las week in Babylon, Las night in Rome, Morning, and in the crush Under Paul's dome; Under Paul's dial James Clarence Mangan. You tighten your rein— Only a moment, And off once.
... Fesoon you with may; Time, you old gipsy, Why hasen away? Las week in Babylon, Las night in Rome, Morning, and in the crush Under Paul's dome; Under Paul's dial James Clarence Mangan. You tighten your rein— Only a moment, And off once.
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... morning's ray And the brief march; the women sing, The children shout; the anvil's ring Sounds, their companion on the way. But now upon the gypsy camp A drowsy silence is descending; Baudelaire. Robert Browning. With bay of dogs, and ...
... morning's ray And the brief march; the women sing, The children shout; the anvil's ring Sounds, their companion on the way. But now upon the gypsy camp A drowsy silence is descending; Baudelaire. Robert Browning. With bay of dogs, and ...
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... morning had tempted me could not well be imagined. Branching off from the highroad, a little below our village, runs a wide green lane, bordered on either side by a row of young oaks and beeches jus within the hedge, forming an avenue ...
... morning had tempted me could not well be imagined. Branching off from the highroad, a little below our village, runs a wide green lane, bordered on either side by a row of young oaks and beeches jus within the hedge, forming an avenue ...
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... morning encamped with his wife and children and his grinder's wheel, beside the burn of Kinnaird. To this beloved dell I went, at that time, daily; and daily the knife-grinder and I (for as long as his tent continued pleasantly to ...
... morning encamped with his wife and children and his grinder's wheel, beside the burn of Kinnaird. To this beloved dell I went, at that time, daily; and daily the knife-grinder and I (for as long as his tent continued pleasantly to ...
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Common terms and phrases
almos Arthur Symons Aunt Rodi beautiful bebee behold birds brother camp chap Charles Godfrey Leland child cuckoo dance dark disant donkey earth Egyptian English Gypsies eyes face father fire firs fortune Francis Hindes Groome gentleman George Borrow George Meredith Gilderoy Gipsy Gipsy’s girl gorgios grass GYPSY LADDIE Gypsy Song hair hand hath heard Hedgehog horse Jasper John John Bunyan King lady language Lavengro Leland lisen live looked Lord man’s maser mother mysery never night o’er Petulengro Poems poor quesion race road Romany Rye round sars siés sill sing siser sleep sood sory srange sranger sream sweet tell tent thee Theodore Watts-Dunton there’s things thou art thought tree undersand unto Ursula vagabond W. H. Hudson wander wild William Hazlitt William Wordsworth wind woman wood words Wordsworth young