"Gypsy Girls of Seville" Painting of Romany girls in Seville, Spain by John Phillips..

This work, by John Philips, who was an artist famed for colourful pictures of Spanish life, was commissioned by George Holt the elder and is typical of the art that was to be found in his home in Sudley Lodge.

i

Who were the girls here painted?
What of life did they know
Their colourful clothes and expressions
A life of plenty seem to show...

ii

This picture now in a collection
That hangs upon a wall
Seems to stand out from the others
And to the viewer call

iii

The girls possess a spirit
As they look out from the frame
As if about to start a dance
And we don't know their name

iv

In Sudley house John Philips creation
Of Gypsy girls from the streets of Seville
We know not their story or end today
And maybe never will

v

And maybe that's true of us all
Who seek to prosper and thrive
For all we have and have done
After our day, few will know we were alive...

vi

Forever captured upon a canvas
Their five minutes of fame
Two girls shall be known by many
Who will never know their name.

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More poems on the topic of the Roma at:
http://www.writingsinrhyme.com/The_People_of_Moses/

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