Thou wert lovely to my sight, <br /> When in yonder dell I found thee <br />In thy radiant beauty bright, <br /> Though a desert spread around thee; <br />Like the heath-bell's purple flower, <br />Shrinking from a dewy shower. <br /> <br />Thou art rich in beauty yet, <br /> Fair as when at first I loved thee; <br />All the snares that could beset, <br /> Rank and splendour, since have proved thee; <br />Change thy fortune as it will, <br />Thou art fair and faultless still.<br /><br />Louisa Stuart Costello<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/song-thou-wert-lovely/
