Gypsy Verses
GYPSY VERSES BY HELEN HAY WHITNEY
GYPSY VERSES
By HELEN HAY WHITNEY Author of “ Some Verses ,” “ The Bed Time Book .”
NEW YORK Duffield & Company 1907
Copyright, 1907, by DUFFIELD & COMPANY Published October, 1907
To G. V. W. because she is my friend
Acknowledgment is made to Messrs. Harper and Brothers, the Century Company, and the Metropolitan Magazine for courteous permission to reproduce certain of the verses included in this volume.
GYPSY VERSES
Oh, you were not so idle—
You wore a sprig of green;
You wore a feather in your cap,
Helen Hay Whitney
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Gypsy Verses
CONTENTS
ATARAH
AGE
LOVE AND DAWN
L’AMOUR AMBIGUEUX
SAPPHICS
SATAN, PRINCE OF DARKNESS
IN PRISON
GHOSTS
LILIS
THE OLD WOMEN
TO HIPPOLYTUS
THE GARDEN HEDGE
THE SLAVE WOMAN
SONG
SANS-JOY
OUT OF THE JUNGLE
IN PORT
SUNRISE
DEAD LADIES
WHEN TRISTAN SAILED
THE BATTLE
RECOMPENSE
THE LOTUS EATERS
LOST APHRODITE
THE FOOLS
THE AWAKENING
THE DARK WOMAN
SUMMER SONG
SERAPHIS
VENGEMENT
AUTUMN LOVE
I
II
THE WITCH
THE MAN
DOWN IN MALDONADO TOWN
THE CHOICE
THE BROOK
AT THE END OF THE WORLD
THE GYPSY
BOY O’ DREAMS
BALLAD OF THE SLAVE
FOAM
THE SEAL
RELEASE
SIN, THE SWORD
FANTASTIC SPRING
SONG
CONTRAST
THE PRICE
THE KING’S DAUGHTER
LAIS
THE HERITAGE
THE MONK IN HIS GARDEN
BIANCA
FREE
BLACK AND GOLD
THE ANSWER
PEACE
BARNABAS
LOST DREAMS
LADY OF LIGHT
SONG
THE GYPSY BLOOD
AND YET
THRO’ THE PLEACHED ALLEYS
