Louisa Stuart Costello's Poetry, by popularity

• 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
• Song.—In early days

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

  12 lines
• Sylph's Song

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

  34 lines
• 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
• Song.—Thou wert lovely

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

  12 lines
• The Cape of the Caba Rumia

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

  25 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
• His Indian Love to Diogo Alvarez

  ON HIS DEPARTURE FROM BAHIA
  When thou stoodst amidst thy countrymen

  44 lines
• Medjnoon in his Solitude

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

  24 lines
• The Traveller in Africa

  *A Dramatic Sketch*
  

  67 lines
• Song.—When others saw thee

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

  16 lines
• The Past

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

  25 lines
• November Fifth

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

  26 lines
• Song.—This mournful heart

  Odi quelrusignolo
  Che va di ramo in ramo

  13 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
• 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.—Oh, had I ne'er beheld thee

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

  16 lines
• To a False Friend

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

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

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

  16 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
• Memory

  *June*
  

  25 lines
• Song of the Crew of Diaz

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

  30 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
• Song.—The transient time

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

  13 lines
• Eastern Song

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

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• Song.—I will not ask

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

  8 lines
• Spanish Song

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

  16 lines
• Song.—Yes, I had hope

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

  12 lines

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