• From the French by Louise Stuart Costello

    FAREWELL! since vain is all my care,
      Far, in some desert rude,
    I ’ll hide my weakness, my despair:
      And, ’midst my solitude,
    I ’ll pray, that, should another move thee,
    He may as fondly, truly love thee.

    Adieu, bright eyes, that were my heaven!
      Adieu, soft cheek, where summer blooms...