Conversed, as they sat on the green;

They gazed on each other with tender delight:

Alonzo the Brave was the name of the knight,

The maid's was the Fair Imogine.

"And, oh!" said the youth, "since to-morrow I go

To fight in a far-distant land,

Your tears for my absence soon leaving to flow,

Some other will court you, and you will bestow

On a wealthier suitor your hand."

"Oh! hush these suspicions," Fair Imogine said,