{"id":8439,"date":"2022-09-01T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=8439"},"modified":"2022-09-01T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T05:00:00","slug":"the-gipsys-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/the-gipsys-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gipsy\u2019s Warning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn91064011\/1914-09-01\/ed-1\/seq-12\/\">Newark Evening Star, September 1, 1914<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Trust him not, O gentle lady,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Though his voice be low and sweet;<br\/>Heed not him who kneels before thee,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Softly pleading at thy feet;<br\/>Now thy life is in its morning,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cloud not this, thy happy lot.<br\/>Listen to the gipsy\u2019s warning\u2014<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gentle lady, trust him not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Lady, once there lived a maiden,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Young and pure, and like thee, fair;<br\/>Yet he wooed, and wooed and won her,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thrilled her gentle heart with care\u2014<br\/>Then\u2014he heeded not her weeping\u2014<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He cared not her life to save!<br\/>Soon she perished\u2014now she\u2019s sleeping<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the cold and silent grave!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Lady, turn not from me so coldly,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For I have only spoke the truth\u2014<br\/>From a stern and withering sorrow,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Lady, I would shield thy youth;<br\/>I would shield thee from all danger\u2014<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Shield thee from the tempter\u2019s snare;<br\/>Lady, shun the dark-eyed stranger\u2014<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I have warned thee; now, beware!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Take your gold\u2014I do not want it;<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Lady, I have prayed for this\u2014<br\/>For the hour that I might foil him,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And rob him of expected bliss.<br\/>Aye, I see thou art filled with wonder<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;At my looks so fierce and wild\u2014<br\/>Lady, in the churchyard yonder<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sleeps the gipsy\u2019s only child!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Newark Evening Star, September 1, 1914. Trust him not, O gentle lady,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Though his voice be low and sweet;Heed not him who kneels before thee,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Softly pleading at thy feet;Now thy life is in its morning,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cloud not this, thy happy lot.Listen to the gipsy\u2019s warning\u2014&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gentle lady, trust him not. Lady, once there lived a maiden,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Young [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newark-evening-star","category-newspapers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}