Poems of Louisa Stuart Costello

Songs of a Stranger (1825) Poems given at Poemhunter


Songs of a Stranger (1825)  
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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
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14
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27
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31
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Miranda’s Song
Medjnoon in his Solitude
The Past 39
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
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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 the same
—From the same
—From the same
—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

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88
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93
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100
101
102
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104
105
107
111
113
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119
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128
132
133
134
135
137
139
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Notes 1 147
[Ed. by Tamara]  

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Poems of L. S. Costello given at Poemhunter [online ]
“To my Mother”
“To a False Friend”
“The Traveller in Africa”
“The Past”
“The Indian Cupid”
“The Inca”
“The Hunter of the Uruguay to his Love”
“The Dreamer on the Sea-shore”
“The Destroying Spirit”
“The Cape of the Caba Rumia”
“The Adieu”
“Sylph’s Song”
“Spirit’s Song”
“Spanish Song”
“Song.— Yes, I had hope”
“Song.— When others saw thee”
“Song.— ’Tis the spot where we parted”
“Song.— Thy form was fair”
“Song.— Thou wert lovely”
“Song.— Thou art gone”
“Song.— This mournful heart”
“Song.— The transient time”
“Song.— Since thou wilt banish me”
“Song.— Oh, long enough my life has been”
“Song.— Oh, had I ne’er beheld thee”
“Song.— In early days”
“Song.— If those dark eyes”
“Song of the Crew of Diaz”
“Song for a German Air”
“November Fifth”
“Night, on the Sea-shore”
“Miranda’s Song”
“Memory”
“Medjnoon in his Solitude”
“Lines.— Why look’d I on that fatal line”
“Lines.— When this heart is cold and still”
“Lines.— Oft on that latest star”
“Lines.— If we should ever meet again”
“Lines.— I cannot sleep”
“His Indian Love to Diogo Alvarez”
“Eastern Song”
[Accessed online - 12.01.2012]
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