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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GYPSIES METAMORPHOSED: GIPSY SONG (1), by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The fairy beam upon you
Last Line: And the luckier lot betide you.
Variant Title(s): Patrico's Song;a Wish
First Line: The fairy beam upon you
Last Line: And the luckier lot betide you.
Variant Title(s): Patrico's Song;a Wish
The fairy beam upon you,
The stars to glister on you:
A moon of light,
In the noon of night,
Till the fire-drake hath o'er-gone you.
The wheel of fortune guide you,
The boy with the bow beside you
Run aye in the way,
Till the bird of day,
And the luckier lot betide you.
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