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Book: Songs Of A Stranger

I do but dream.
Like one that stands upon a promontory
And spies a far off shore which he would reach,
Wishing his foot were equal with his eye.

Shakespeare.

TO THE
REV. WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES,
THESE POEMS
ARE DEDICATED, AS A TRIBUTE OF GRATITUDE
AND
SINCERE ESTEEM,
BY

/LOUISA STUART COSTELLO/

CONTENTS

The Hunter of the Uruguay to his Love  
The Destroying Spirit  
Lines.—If we should ever meet again  
Song.—Thy form was fair  
Song.—This mournful heart  
The Dreamer on the Sea-shore  
Lines.—I cannot sleep  
The Cape of the Caba Rumia  
Song.—The transient time  
The Inca  
Night, on the Sea-shore  
Spirit's Song  
To my Mother  
Lines.—Oft on that latest star  
Song.—In early days  
Song.—Oh, had I ne'er beheld thee  
Song for a German Air  
Eastern Song  
Lines.—When this heart is cold and still  
Song.—Thou art gone    
Song.—I will not ask
His Indian Love to Diogo Alvarez
Miranda's Song  
Medjnoon in his Solitude    
The Past  
Song.—Thou wert lovely      
Song.—Since thou wilt banish me    
Song.—If those dark eyes  
November Fifth    
Memory    
Song.—Oh, long enough my life has been    
Song.—When others saw thee    
To a False Friend  
The Indian Cupid  
Song.—Yes, I had hope  
The Traveller in Africa    
Song of the Crew of Diaz    
Song.—Oh that I could forget    
Sylph's Song        
Song.—'Tis the spot where we parted    
Song.—Oh let thy sorrows  
Lines.—Why look'd I on that fatal line    
The Adieu      
Spanish Song    
Savoyard's Song  
Song.—When all has faded      
Song.—Swiftly o'er the green sea    
Romance      
Song.—Were all the vows    
Written at B—      
Elegy        
Song.—Ere fortune change    
Lines.—We met, and the hour    
On hearing of the Change, &c.    
On a Picture of Cupid    
Sung by the Wife of a Japanese    
Palace of the Cappelletti    
From Metastasio    
From the same      
From Tasso's Aminta    
From Metastasio  
From the same    
Imitated from Tasso's Aminta  
The first Discovery of Columbus    
Lament of an Ashantee Warrior  
Complaint of Amanieu    
La Partenza    
The Return of the Indians    
The Wanderers in the Polar Sea    
Chaucer's Tale of the Falcon  
Saint Aldhelm    
Lines written in November, at Bremhill, Wilts, the          
Residence of the Rev. W. L. Bowles  
Lines.—I ask thee not for looks that tell  
Esquimaux Song    
Esquimaux Incantation    
Song.—Pretty Jeanette, the time has been    
Colabah, the Camel-seeker          
Lines.—Say not my years    


/NOTES /

[Provided by Author]



Whoe'er may chance upon thys lyttel booke
   A moment's time to pause, may call to mynde
That lyfe itself is one, whereon we looke
   With eye of praise or blame, whenas we fynde
   Our faults scann'd light, or hardlie, by mankynde.
Soe, gentil reader, take not moche amisse
  What our hight authore may have been inclyn'd
Herein to rite:—as he but meneth thys,
To shew his booke, lyke lyfe, a varied volume is.

         _Old Poem_


           
_THE END_.

• The Hunter of the Uruguay to his Love

  Would'st thou be happy, would'st thou be free,
  Come to our woody islands with me!

  42 lines
• The Destroying Spirit

  I sit upon the rocks that frown
  Above the rapid Nile;

  48 lines
• Lines.—If we should ever meet again

  If we should ever meet again
  When many tedious years are past;

  15 lines
• Song.—Yes, I had hope

  Yes! I had hope when first we met,
  For hope and joy were in thine eye;

  12 lines
• Song.—Thy form was fair

  Thy form was fair, thine eye was bright,
  Thy voice was melody;

  17 lines
• Song.—Since thou wilt banish me

  Since thou wilt banish me,
  A long and last adieu!

  18 lines
• Song.—This mournful heart

  Odi quelrusignolo
  Che va di ramo in ramo

  13 lines
• Miranda's Song

  Ye elves! when spangled starlight gleams,
  That flit beneath the ray,

  16 lines
• The Dreamer on the Sea-shore

  What are the dreams of him who may sleep
  Where the solemn voice of the troubled deep

  49 lines
• Song.—Oh, long enough my life has been

  Oh! long enough my life has been,
  Since I thy love have known;

  12 lines
• Lines.—I cannot sleep

  I cannot sleep—my nights glide on
  In one unbroken thought of thee;

  13 lines
• Song.—'Tis the spot where we parted

  'Tis the spot where we parted—
  Oh! never again

  16 lines
• The Cape of the Caba Rumia

  Sail on! what power has our luckless bark
  To this ominous realm betrayed,

  25 lines
• The Past

  Oh! how sad the recollection! in the midst of joy it
  springs;

  25 lines
• Song.—The transient time

  The transient time, for ever past,
  How shall I dare review!—

  13 lines
• November Fifth

  *Anniversary of the Loss of H.M.S. Tweed*
  

  26 lines
• The Inca

  'Tis eve, the sun is sinking in the lake—
  The lake, all glorious with his golden beams,

  23 lines
• To a False Friend

  Adieu!—'tis past—the dream is over,
  And we are friends no more;

  30 lines
• Night, on the Sea-shore

  I have fled from all, and none can now
  My way, my wanderings see;

  20 lines
• Song of the Crew of Diaz

  On the Discovery of the Cape of Good Hope,
  or Cape of Storms

  30 lines
• Spirit's Song

  'Tis thy Spirit calls thee—come away!
  I have sought thee through the weary day,

  26 lines
• The Adieu

  We part, and thou art mine no more!
  I go through seas never sought before,

  35 lines
• To my Mother

  Yes, I have sung of others' woes,
  Until they almost seem'd mine own,

  24 lines, 8 comments
• Medjnoon in his Solitude

  My ev'ry thought and wish was thine;
  Alas! thou know'st too well—

  24 lines
• Lines.—Oft on that latest star

  Oft on that latest star of purest light,
  That hovers on the verge of morning gray,

  16 lines
• Song.—Thou wert lovely

  Thou wert lovely to my sight,
  When in yonder dell I found thee

  12 lines
• Song.—In early days

  In early days thy fondness taught
  My soul its endless love to know;

  12 lines
• Song.—If those dark eyes

  If those dark eyes have gazed on me,
  Unconscious of their power—

  16 lines
• Song.—Oh, had I ne'er beheld thee

  Oh! had I ne'er beheld thee
  How calm my life had flown!

  16 lines
• Memory

  *June*
  

  25 lines
• Song for a German Air

  Fair stream of the mountain, brightly flowing
  Between thy fresh margins, gay with flowers,

  14 lines
• Song.—When others saw thee

  When others saw thee gay and vain,
  And saw my weakness too,—

  16 lines
• Eastern Song

  By the brightness of the morning ray,
  By the deepest shades of night—

  8 lines, 1 comment
• The Indian Cupid

  Who is he that swiftly comes
  In the lovely silence of night?—

  28 lines
• Lines.—When this heart is cold and still

  When this heart is cold and still,
  And can throb for thee no more;

  12 lines
• The Traveller in Africa

  *A Dramatic Sketch*
  

  67 lines
• Song.—Thou art gone

  Thou art gone, and the brilliant light that shone
  In the track of thy way is fled;

  8 lines, 1 comment
• Sylph's Song

  Fly with me, my mortal love!
  Oh! haste to realms of purer day,

  34 lines
• Song.—I will not ask

  I will not ask one glance from thee,
  Lest, fondly, I should linger yet,

  8 lines
• Lines.— "Why look'd I on that fatal line?"

  Why look'd I on that fatal line?
  Why did I pray that page to see?

  16 lines
• His Indian Love to Diogo Alvarez

  ON HIS DEPARTURE FROM BAHIA
  When thou stoodst amidst thy countrymen

  44 lines
• Spanish Song

  Nay, Inez, no more persuade;
  Those are sounds that to glory should move:

  16 lines

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by Louisa Stuart Costello

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