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Alonzo The Brave, And Fair Imogine.
ALONZO THE BRAVE , AND FAIR IMOGINE .
A T . OMAKCE . A WARRIOR so bold and a virgin so bright Convevs'd , as they sat on the green ; They gaz'd on each other with tender delight—Alonzo the Brave was the name of the knig ht , The Maid ' s was , the Fair Imogine .
* And , oh 1 ' said the youth , ' since to-morrow I go To fig ht in a far distant land , Your te rs for my absence soon leaving to flow , Some other will court you , and you will bestow On a wealthier suitor your band 1 * ' Oh ! hush these suspicions , fair Imogine said ,
' Offensive to love and to me ; For , if you be living , or if you be dead , I swear by the Virgin , that none , in your stead , Shall husband of Imogine be . ' Jf e'er I , by lust or by wealth led aside , Forget my Alonzo the Brave ,
God grant , that , to punish my falsehood ami pride , Your ghost at the marriag . mav sit by my side , May tax me with perjary , claim me as Bride , And bear me away to the gravel ' To Palestine hasten'd the hero so bold ; His Love she lamented him sore : — _ But , scarce bad a twelvemonth elaps'd , when , behold , A Baron , all cover'd with jevyels and gold , Arriv'd at fair Imogine ' s door .
His treasure , his presents , his spacious domain , Soon made her untrue to her vows ; He dazzled her eyes ,, he bewikler'd her brain , He caught her affections , so light and so vain , And carried her home as his Spouse ! And now bad the marriage been bless'd-by the priest ;
The revelry now was begun ; The tables they groan'd with the weight of the feast ; Nor yet had the laughter and merriment ceasM , When the beli at the castle toll'd—ONE I M ill
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Alonzo The Brave, And Fair Imogine.
ALONZO THE BRAVE , AND FAIR IMOGINE .
A T . OMAKCE . A WARRIOR so bold and a virgin so bright Convevs'd , as they sat on the green ; They gaz'd on each other with tender delight—Alonzo the Brave was the name of the knig ht , The Maid ' s was , the Fair Imogine .
* And , oh 1 ' said the youth , ' since to-morrow I go To fig ht in a far distant land , Your te rs for my absence soon leaving to flow , Some other will court you , and you will bestow On a wealthier suitor your band 1 * ' Oh ! hush these suspicions , fair Imogine said ,
' Offensive to love and to me ; For , if you be living , or if you be dead , I swear by the Virgin , that none , in your stead , Shall husband of Imogine be . ' Jf e'er I , by lust or by wealth led aside , Forget my Alonzo the Brave ,
God grant , that , to punish my falsehood ami pride , Your ghost at the marriag . mav sit by my side , May tax me with perjary , claim me as Bride , And bear me away to the gravel ' To Palestine hasten'd the hero so bold ; His Love she lamented him sore : — _ But , scarce bad a twelvemonth elaps'd , when , behold , A Baron , all cover'd with jevyels and gold , Arriv'd at fair Imogine ' s door .
His treasure , his presents , his spacious domain , Soon made her untrue to her vows ; He dazzled her eyes ,, he bewikler'd her brain , He caught her affections , so light and so vain , And carried her home as his Spouse ! And now bad the marriage been bless'd-by the priest ;
The revelry now was begun ; The tables they groan'd with the weight of the feast ; Nor yet had the laughter and merriment ceasM , When the beli at the castle toll'd—ONE I M ill