My mother said that I never should Play with the gypsies in the wood, The wood was dark; the grass was green; In came Sally with a tambourine, I went to the sea -- no ship to get across; I paid ten shillings for a blind white horse; I up on his back and was off in a crack, Sally, tell my Mother I shall never come back. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MOTHER'S WORLD by MARGARET H. ALDEN SONNET: EGYPT by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE WINGED VICTORY by LORAINE S. BRADFORD DARK LOVELY FRUIT by HELEN BRYANT JEUNE FILLE ET JEUNE FLEUR by FRANCOIS AUGUSTE RENE DE CHATEAUBRIAND |