Louisa Stuart Costello - Song.—Oh, had I ne'er beheld thee lyrics

Oh! had I ne'er beheld thee How calm my life had flown! As cold, as pure and tranquil As some fair vale unknown; Where never yet the footsteps Of wand'ring man has stray'd; That smiles in lonely beauty Unheeded—unsurve'd. How cheerfully the moments In sweet content went by, When sorrow's cloud pa**'d swiftly Across a placid sky: The charm of peace is broken— Can nought its dream restore? That sky, obscured by sadness, Shall ne'er be cloudless more.