Louisa Stuart Costello

Song (If those dark eyes have gazed on me)

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.