<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">The Gipsy Girl</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">"COME, try your skill, kind gentlemen,</p><p class="line">A penny for three tries!"</p><p class="line">Some threw and lost, some threw and won</p><p class="line">A ten-a-penny prize.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">She was a tawny gipsy girl,</p><p class="line">A girl of twenty years,</p><p class="line">I liked her for the lumps of gold</p><p class="line">That jingled from her ears;</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">I liked the flaring yellow scarf</p><p class="line">Bound loose about her throat,</p><p class="line">I liked her showy purple gown</p><p class="line">And flashy velvet coat.</p><p class="line">A man came up, too loose of tongue,</p><p class="line">And said no good to her;</p><p class="line">She did not blush as Saxons do,</p><p class="line">Or turn upon the cur;</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">She fawned and whined "Sweet gentleman,</p><p class="line">A penny for three tries!"</p><p class="line">--But oh, the den of wild things in</p><p class="line">The darkness of her eyes!</p></div></body></html> · Great War