Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GYPSY CHEER, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poet's Biography First Line: A gypsy whose journeys and ventures had failed Last Line: There's always the wind on the heath and the sun!' Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Gypsies; Pain; Gipsies; Suffering; Misery | ||||||||
A GYPSY whose journeys and ventures had failed, Came wearily back to the Camp and bewailed His losses, and flung himself down with the cry, 'There's nothing to live for! I'm ready to die!' 'Nay, Brother, what folly,' an old man replied, 'The round years are many; the good world is wide; No welcome to death till the last day is done There's always the wind on the heath and the sun!' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PARTHENOPHIL AND PARTHENOPHE: MADRIGAL 14 by BARNABE BARNES SONNETS IN SHADOWS: 1 by ARLO BATES IN PRAISE OF PAIN by HEATHER MCHUGH THE SYMPATIZERS by JOSEPHINE MILES LEEK STREET by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR COLUMBUS DYING [MAY 20, 1506] by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR SA-CA-GA-WE-A; THE INDIAN GIRL WHO GUIDED LEWIS AND CLARK by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR |
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