Au Revoir.

Love left one day his leafy bower,
    And roamed in sportive vein,
Where Vanity had built a tower,
    For Fashion's sparkling train.
The mistress to see he requested,
    Of one who attended the door:
"Not home," said the page, who suggested
    That he'd leave his card.--"Au Revoir."

Love next came to a lowly bower:
    A maid who knew no guile,
Unlike the lady of the tower,
    Received him with a smile.
Since then the cot beams with his brightness
    Though often at Vanity's door
Love calls, merely out of politeness,
    And just leaves his card.--"Au Revoir."