SONG.
From the Rommany or Gypsy Language.
The strength of the ox,
The wit of the fox,
And the leveret's speed,--
Full oft, to oppose
To their numerous foes,
The Rommany need.
Our horses they take,
Our waggons they break,
And ourselves they seize,
In their prisons to coop,
Where we pine and droop,
For want of breeze.
When the dead swallow
The fly shall follow
O'er Burra-panee,
Then we will forget
The wrongs we have met,
And forgiving be.
Footnotes:
{8} Gennet is a word of Arabic origin, and signifies paradise.
{10} No true Mussulman will receive any remuneration for communicating
instruction.
{13} Allusion is here made to metempsychosis or the transmigration of
souls.
{14} His relations.
{17} Goblins.
{18} Spaces of time.
{21} The principal banner.
{22} Wang Liyang and Siyan Ou were ancient kings of China, and mighty
hunters, of whose exploits many extravagant tales are related.
{26} Cossack village.
{32} The knights of the German Order, who eventually christianized the
pagan Lithuanians at the point of the lance and sword.
{33} Polish.
{38} The Mermaid.
{40} The war-goddess, according to the Northern Mythology.
{50} Wessel was the family name of Tordenskiold.
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