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1 | 1 | A wand | A wandering Gypsey, Sirs, am I, |
2 | 2 | From Norwood, where we oft complain, | From <i>Norwood</i>, where we oft complain, |
3 | 3 | With many a tear and many a sigh, | With many a tear and many a sigh, |
4 | 4 | Of blust'ring winds and rushing rain. | Of blust'ring winds and rushing rain. |
5 | No costly rooms nor gay attire | ||
6 | Within our humble shed appear; | ||
7 | No beds of down or blazing fire, | ||
8 | At night our shivering limbs to cheer. | ||
9 | 5 | ||
10 | 6 | No rooms so fine, nor gay attire, | |
11 | 7 | Amid our humble shed appear, | |
12 | 8 | Nor beds of down, nor blazing fire, | |
13 | 9 | At | At night our shiv'ring limbs to cheer. |
14 | But fortunes here I come to tell, | ||
15 | They yield me, gentle Sir, your hand: | ||
16 | Within these lines what thousands dwell! | ||
17 | And, bless me, what a heap of land! | ||
18 | 10 | ||
19 | 11 | Alas! No friends come near our cot, | |
12 | The Red-breasts only find the way, -- | ||
13 | Who give their all, -- a simple note, -- | ||
14 | At peep of morn, and parting day. | ||
15 | |||
16 | But fortunes here I come to tell: | ||
17 | Then yield me, gentle Sir, your hand; -- | ||
18 | Amid those lines what thousands dwell! | ||
19 | And bless me what a heap of land! | ||
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21 | This surely, Sir, must pleasing be, | ||
20 | 22 | To hold such wealth in every line! | To hold such wealth in every line! |
21 | 23 | Try, pray now try, if you can see | Try, pray now try, if you can see |
22 | 24 | A little treasure lodg'd in mine. | A little treasure lodg'd in mine. |
23 | 25 | <i>(holding out her hand.)</i> | |
24 | And gilds the palace and the farm, | ||
25 | Can never miss the kindly ray | ||
26 | That makes the hapless vagrant warm. |
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