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I. Lovely Brookland! Peaceful Village,
Little Amy , pretty Amy , Grew in health and loveliness ,
And , though no fond mother watched her ,. Felt all childhood's happiness .
How that old man loved his daughter , The last link with her who'd gone !
How all loved her ! Little Fairy She was called by ev ' ryone . Beautiful was little Amy ,
With her golden hair which fell Gracefully o ' er her white shoulders
, Bound her face , where there did dwell _, 'Mid the "bloom , two laughing dimples ,
Somewhat arch , which had replies To their lively , twinkling movements ,
From her sparkling dark blue eyes . A strange child was little Amy . ;
She would wander out alone In the woodland hours together ,
Until none knew where she'd gone . When the song-birds raised their voices ,
She would answer them herself ; And would comeback decked with flowers _^
Looking like some little elf . When old Michael's work was over ,
In the peaceful ev ' ning time , She would sing songs known in Brookland ,
With quaint tunes and quainter rhymes ; Or with wild imagination , s
Tell him of her wand ' ring walk : Michael scarcely understood her ,
But he loved to hear her talk . In the village school they taught her
Just to read . She was too wild To learn much , and there was no one
Who could force that fairy child . So passed Amy Harmer ' s childhood ,
One long , bright , yet mystic dream ; . _Dreamfed away in peaceful Brookland ,
In the wood or by the stream . II .
Years passed by , and Amy Harmer Was no more in years a child , _A
English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1864, page 410, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081864/page/50/