Chapter 21 Gipsy Vans

UNLESS you come of the gipsy stock
?That steals by night and day.
Lock your heart with a double lock
?And throw the key away.
Bury it under the blackest stone
?Beneath your father’s hearth¹.
And keep your eyes on your lawful² own
?And your feet to the proper path.
??Then you can stand at your door and mock
???When the gipsy-vans come through . . .
??For it isn’t right that the Gorgio stock
???Should live as the Romany do.
Unless you come of the gipsy blood
?That takes and never spares.
Bide³ content with your given good
?And follow your own affairs.
Plough and harrow and roll your land.
?And sow what ought to be sowed;
But never let loose your heart from your hand.
?Nor flitter it down the road
??Then you can thrive on your boughten food
???As the gipsy-vans come through . . .
??For it isn’t nature the Gorgio blood
???Should love as the Romany do.
Unless you carry the gipsy eyes
?That see but seldom weep.
Keep your head from the naked skies
?Or the stars’ll trouble your sleep.
Watch your moon through your window-pane
?And take what weather she brews⁴;
But don’t run out in the midnight rain
?Nor home in the morning dews.
??Then you can huddle⁵ and shut your eves
???As the gipsy-vans come through . . .
??For it isn’t fitting the Gorgio ryes
???Should walk as the Romany do.
Unless you come of the gipsy race
?That counts all time the same.
Be you careful of Time and Place
?And Judgment⁶ and Good Name
Lose your life for to live your life
?The way that you ought to do;
And when you are finished, your God and your wife
?And the Gipsies ‘ll laugh at you!
??Then you can rot in your burying place
???As the gipsy-vans come through . . .
??For it isn’t reason the Gorgio race
???Should die as the Romany do,

1 hearth   

n.壁炉炉床，壁炉地面

参考例句：

• She came and sat in a chair before the hearth.她走过来，在炉子前面的椅子上坐下。
• She comes to the hearth,and switches on the electric light there.她走到壁炉那里，打开电灯。

2 lawful   

adj.法律许可的，守法的，合法的

参考例句：

• It is not lawful to park in front of a hydrant.在消火栓前停车是不合法的。
• We don't recognised him to be the lawful heir.我们不承认他为合法继承人。

3 bide   

v.忍耐；等候；住

参考例句：

• We'll have to bide our time until the rain stops.我们必须等到雨停。
• Bide here for a while. 请在这儿等一会儿。

4 brews   

n.（尤指某地酿造的）啤酒( brew的名词复数 )；酿造物的种类；（茶）一次的冲泡量；（不同思想、环境、事件的）交融v.调制( brew的第三人称单数 )；酝酿；沏（茶）；煮（咖啡）

参考例句：

• He brews beer at home. 他在家里酿造啤酒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They produce the country's best brews of beer. 他们生产该国的佳酿啤酒。 来自辞典例句

5 huddle   

vi.挤作一团；蜷缩；vt.聚集；n.挤在一起的人

参考例句：

• They like living in a huddle.他们喜欢杂居在一起。
• The cold wind made the boy huddle inside his coat.寒风使这个男孩卷缩在他的外衣里。

6 judgment   

n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见

参考例句：

• The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
• He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。