Poem by Louisa Stuart Costello

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!

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2. Song (I will not ask one glance from thee)
3. November Fifth
4. Song (In early days thy fondness taught)
5. Song for a German Air

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