Who is George Borrow

George Henry Borrow (5 July 1803 – 26 July 1881) was an English writer of novels and of travel based on personal experiences in Europe. His travels gave him a close affinity with the Romani people of Europe, who figure strongly in his work. His best-known books are The Bible in Spain and the novels Lavengro and The Romany Rye set in his time with the English Romanichal (Gypsies).

Early life

Borrow was born at East Dereham, Norfolk, the son of an army recruiting officer, Thomas Borrow (1758–1824) and farmer's daughter, Ann Perfrement (1772–1858). His father, a lieutenant with the West Norfolk Militia, was quartered at the prisoner-of-war camp at Norman Cross from July 1811 to April 1813 and George spent his ninth and tenth years in the barracks there. He was e...
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George Borrow Poems

• Youthful Maidens
  Love, with rosy fetter,
  Held us firmly bound;
  Pure unmix'd enjoyment
  Grateful here we found....
• Waldemar's Chase
  The following Ballad is merely a versification of one of the
  many feats of Waldemar, the famed phantom hunter of the
  North, an account of whom, and of Palnatoka and Groon the
  Jutt, both spectres of a similar character, may be found in...
• Vidrik Verlandson (from The Old Danish)
  King Diderik sits in the halls of Bern,
  And he boasts of his deeds of might;
  So many a swain in battle he's fell'd,
  And taken so many a knight....
• Thoughts On Death (from The Swedish Of C. Lohman)
  Perhaps ‘t is folly, but still I feel
  My heart-strings quiver, my senses reel,
  Thinking how like a fast stream we range
  Nearer and nearer to yon dread change,...
• The Violet-gatherer (from The Danish Of Oehlenslaeger)
  Pale the moon her light was shedding
  O'er the landscape far and wide;
  Calmly bright, all ills undreading,
  Emma wander'd by my side....

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Comments about George Borrow

• Crantgohn: your stadium is essentially brand new and you need to borrow $120m from the nfl to upgrade it? it sucks. plain and simple. bulldoze it down and move back to sf. thanks.
• Safemoonhedge: “worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.” — george washington
• Bronzeagebabies: today we're going to take a tour of george perez's fantastic four splash pages. since ol' groove at diversions of the groovy kind already did the legwork, i am going to freely borrow. thanks, groove!
• Telliowkuwp: 78rpm records digitized by george blood, l.p. : free audio : free download, borrow and streaming : internet archive
• Jbehindthewheel: jerry: polestar kramer: nissan altima george: rav4 hybrid elaine: she would borrow puddy’s jeep rubicon

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