If those dark eyes have gazed on me,
Unconscious of their power—
The glance in secret ecstasy
I've treasured many an hour.
If that soft voice, a single word
Has breathed for me to hear,
Like Heaven's entrancing airs, the chord
Resounded on my ear.
And yet, alas! too well I knew
That love—or hope—was vain,
The fountain whence delight I drew
Would end in yielding pain!
My folly and my peace at once
A moment could destroy;
It bade me every wish renounce,
And broke my dream of joy
More verses by Louisa Stuart Costello
- Song.—oh, Had I Ne'Er Beheld Thee
- Song.—in Early Days
- Lines.—why Look'D I On That Fatal Line
- Memory
- Medjnoon In His Solitude