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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GIPSIES (1), by JOHN CLARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The snow falls deep; the forest lies alone Last Line: A quiet, pilfering, unprotected race. Variant Title(s): The Gipsy Camp;gypsies;the Gipsy Camp In Epping Forest Subject(s): Gypsies; Gipsies | |||
The snow falls deep; the forest lies alone; The boy goes hasty for his load of brakes, Then thinks upon the fire and hurries back; The gipsy knocks his hands and tucks them up, And seeks his squalid camp, half hid in snow, Beneath the oak which breaks away the wind, And bushes close in snow like hovel warm; There tainted mutton wastes upon the coals, And the half-wasted dog squats close and rubs, Then feels the heat too strong and goes aloof; He watches well, but none a bit can spare, And vainly waits the morsel thrown away. 'Tis thus they live—a picture to the place, A quiet, pilfering, unprotected race. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ASSIMILATION OF THE GYPSIES by LARRY LEVIS THE SCHOLAR GIPSY by MATTHEW ARNOLD THE GYPSY by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS TO A GIPSY CHILD BY THE SEA-SHORE by MATTHEW ARNOLD THE GYPSIES [OR, GIPSIES] by HENRY HOWARTH BASHFORD SHUT OUT by KATHARINE LEE BATES |
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