When others saw thee gay and vain, <br /> And saw my weakness too,— <br />A willing captive in thy chain, <br /> Nor doubt nor care I knew. <br />When others saw thy faults too well, <br /> And bade my heart beware, <br />I linger'd in thy beauty's spell, <br /> And found no danger there. <br /> <br /> <br />Even when I saw how false and cold <br /> Thou couldst to others be, <br />My trusting heart would not be told <br /> Thou wert untrue to me. <br />Like one whom lovely fruits allure <br /> To death and misery*, <br />I find my fate admits no cure, <br /> And know the truth—to die!<br /><br />Louisa Stuart Costello<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/song-when-others-saw-thee/
