Poem by Louisa Stuart Costello

Song (I will not ask one glance from thee)

I will not ask one glance from thee,
  Lest, fondly, I should linger yet,
And all thy scorn and cruelty
  In that entrancing glance forget.

I may not, dare not, hear thee speak
  In music's most persuasive tone,
Lest the sweet sound to joy awake,
  And I forget 'tis sound alone!

1. Song (When others saw thee gay and vain)
2. Song (In early days thy fondness taught)
3. Eastern Song
4. Song (The transient time, for ever past)
5. Song for a German Air

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