Louisa Stuart Costello (Луиза Стюарт Костелло)

Song (When others saw thee gay and vain)

When others saw thee gay and vain,
    And saw my weakness too,—
A willing captive in thy chain,
    Nor doubt nor care I knew.
When others saw thy faults too well,
    And bade my heart beware,
I linger'd in thy beauty's spell,
    And found no danger there.

Even when I saw how false and cold
    Thou couldst to others be,
My trusting heart would not be told
    Thou wert untrue to me.
Like one whom lovely fruits allure
    To death and misery*,
I find my fate admits no cure,
    And know the truth—to die!

1. The Return to Paraclete
2. Lines (I cannot sleep—my nights glide on)
3. Medjnoon in His Solitude
4. Song (I will not ask one glance from thee)
5. Sylph's Song

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