The poetical works of William Lisle Bowles ... with memoir, critical dissertation, and explanatory notes, by the Rev. George Gilfillan |
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THE GIPSY'S TENT. |
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THE GIPSY'S TENT.
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When now cold winter's snows are fled,And birds sing blithe again,
Look where the gipsy's tent is spread,
In the green village lane.
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Oft by the old park pales, beneathThe branches of the oak,
The watchdog barks, when, in slow wreath,
Curls o'er the woods the smoke.
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No home receives the wandering race;The panniered ass is nigh,
Which patient bears from place to place
Their infant progeny.
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Lo! houseless o'er the the world they stray,But I at home will dwell,
Where I may read my book and pray,
And hear the Sabbath-bell.
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