Louisa Stuart Costello's Poetry, by written

• 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.—Thy form was fair

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

  17 lines
• Song.—This mournful heart

  Odi quelrusignolo
  Che va di ramo in ramo

  13 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
• Lines.—I cannot sleep

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

  13 lines
• The Cape of the Caba Rumia

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

  25 lines
• Song.—The transient time

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

  13 lines
• The Inca

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

  23 lines
• Night, on the Sea-shore

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

  20 lines
• Spirit's Song

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

  26 lines
• To my Mother

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

  24 lines, 8 comments
• 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.—In early days

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

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

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

  16 lines
• Song for a German Air

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

  14 lines
• Eastern Song

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

  8 lines, 1 comment
• 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.—Thou art gone

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

  8 lines, 1 comment
• Song.—I will not ask

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

  8 lines
• His Indian Love to Diogo Alvarez

  ON HIS DEPARTURE FROM BAHIA
  When thou stoodst amidst thy countrymen

  44 lines
• Miranda's Song

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

  16 lines
• Medjnoon in his Solitude

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

  24 lines
• The Past

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

  25 lines
• Song.—Thou wert lovely

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

  12 lines
• Song.—Since thou wilt banish me

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

  18 lines
• Song.—If those dark eyes

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

  16 lines
• November Fifth

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

  26 lines
• Memory

  *June*
  

  25 lines

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