The Wind on the Heath: A Gypsy Anthology |
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One of the prettiest girls takes a stroll by herself down to a beautiful stream of water , to have herself a wash , and she begins singing to the sound of a waterfall close by ...
One of the prettiest girls takes a stroll by herself down to a beautiful stream of water , to have herself a wash , and she begins singing to the sound of a waterfall close by ...
Page 140
Death the Lover HERE was once a beautiful young Gypsy woman . faith a kindred — all were dead . She lived alone in a little cottage , and no one ever came to visit her , and she never went to visit any one .
Death the Lover HERE was once a beautiful young Gypsy woman . faith a kindred — all were dead . She lived alone in a little cottage , and no one ever came to visit her , and she never went to visit any one .
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It is impossible for the imagination to conceive anything more perfectly beautiful than were the features of this man , and the most skilful sculptor of Greece might have taken them as his model for a hero and a god .
It is impossible for the imagination to conceive anything more perfectly beautiful than were the features of this man , and the most skilful sculptor of Greece might have taken them as his model for a hero and a god .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Wind on the Heath: A Gypsy Anthology |
| Editor | John Sampson |
| Compiled by | John Sampson |
| Publisher | Chatto and Windus, 1930 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 25 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 362 pages |
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