The Wind on the Heath: A Gypsy AnthologyJohn Sampson |
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... Mother WEET mother , sweet , would that thou hadst not borne SWE me . Would rather that thou hadst borne a stone ! The stone knows not when its mother is dead , But I , poor lark , sing in the breeze , Sing in the sunshine the death of ...
... Mother WEET mother , sweet , would that thou hadst not borne SWE me . Would rather that thou hadst borne a stone ! The stone knows not when its mother is dead , But I , poor lark , sing in the breeze , Sing in the sunshine the death of ...
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... mother was to be buried at the dead of night . We were only gypsies , and the authorities would not per- mit the ... Mother will be burnt up , ' we wept . Mother will be burnt up . ' Father fell upon his face on the grass crying like a ...
... mother was to be buried at the dead of night . We were only gypsies , and the authorities would not per- mit the ... Mother will be burnt up , ' we wept . Mother will be burnt up . ' Father fell upon his face on the grass crying like a ...
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... Mother's love grows by giving , Drain the sweet founts that only thrive by wasting ; Black Manhood comes , when riotous guilty living Hands thee the cup that shall be death in tasting . Kiss , baby , kiss , Mother's lips shine by kisses ...
... Mother's love grows by giving , Drain the sweet founts that only thrive by wasting ; Black Manhood comes , when riotous guilty living Hands thee the cup that shall be death in tasting . Kiss , baby , kiss , Mother's lips shine by kisses ...
Contents
THE DARK RACE | 3 |
THE YOUTHFUL RUSKIN SPEAKS | 10 |
WHERE DO WE COME FROM? | 16 |
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Arthur Symons Aunt Rodi beautiful bebee behold birds brother called chap Charles Godfrey Leland child colour dance dark death donkey drows earth Egyptian eyes face familiar spirit father fire fortune Francis Hindes Groome gentleman George Borrow Gilderoy gipsy gipsy's give gorgios grass Groome gypsy girl gypsy laddie hair hand hanging hath head hear heard heart hedge Hindity horse John Bunyan King Kiomi lady language laugh Lavengro live looked Lord morning mother never night Petulengro poor pretty race road Romany Romany Rye round siƩs sing sleep song speak stood strange sweet talk tell tent thee Theodore Watts-Dunton things thou art thought tree turned unto Ursula Victoria Sackville-West W. H. Hudson wife wild William Hazlitt wind woman wonder wood words young Zorongo