The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 19, No. 542, April 14, 1832 by Various
page 23 of 48 (47%)
page 23 of 48 (47%)
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Trarah! Trarah! Hark, the deep dingles ring, Free hearts, with the bird And the deer are on wing; Joy claims in the greenwood The Gipsy's glad vow, The blithe, oh the blithe! Still live under the bough. And the first song entire. THE GIPSY QUEEN. Oh! 'tis I am the Gipsy Queen! And where is there queen like me, That can revel upon the green, In boundless liberty? What though my cheek be brown, And wild my raven hair, A red cloth hood my crown, And my sceptre the wand I bear! Yet, 'tis I am the Gipsy Queen! With my kingdom I'm well content, Though my realm's but the hawthorn glade; And my palace a tatter'd tent Beneath the willow's shade: Though my banquet I'm forc'd to make On haws and berries store, |
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