“I would say more, but must stow away my shreds and tinsel patches. Ugh! how hideous they look after thinking of you!

“Adieu! adieu! and when thou’rt gone,

My joy shall be made up alone

Of calling back, with fancy’s charm,

Those halcyon hours when in my arm

Clasped Consuelo.

“Adieu! adieu! be thine each joy

That earth can yield without alloy,

Shall be the earnest constant prayer

Of him who in his heart shall wear