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. Eastern Song
2. Spanish Song
3. Song (When others saw thee gay and vain)
4. The Dreamer on the Sea-Shore
5. Song (In early days thy fondness taught)

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