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First Line: Say, have you in the valley seen
Last Line: My allen brooke, of windermere.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alderson, Amelia
Subject(s): Grief; Love - Unrequited; Man-woman Relationships; Youth; Sorrow; Sadness; Male-female Relations


Say, have you in the valley seen
A gentle youth of pensive mien?
And have you mark'd his pallid cheek,
That does his secret sorrow speak?
Perhaps you'd wish his name to hear—
'Tis Allen Brooke, of Windermere.

But, ah! the cause that prompts his sigh,
That dims with tears his sparkling eye;
That bids his youthful cheek turn pale,
And sorrow's hue o'er health's prevail;
That cause from me you must not hear—
Ask Allen Brooke, of Windermere.

Yet needless were his words to prove
This sorrow springs from hopeless love;
Go to the youth—of Jessy speak,
Then mark the crimson on his cheek;
That blush will make the secret clear
Of Allen Brooke, of Windermere.

And, oh! believe his Jessy's breast
Is still with answ'ring cares oppress'd;
But know, a father's stern command
Withholds from him my willing hand:
All but a father's frown I'd bear
For Allen Brooke, of Windermere.

Then, gentle stranger, seek the youth,
And tell him of his Jessy's truth;
Say that you saw my alter'd cheek,
My faithful bosom's anguish speak;
Say that till death, I'll hold most dear
My Allen Brooke, of Windermere.





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