48 TO OLIVIA. 



the carburet will be, exactly in that proportion, impure. 

 Hence the use of lime, in some form or other, in all 

 gas works, by means of which the sulphur is taken up 

 and the carburet passes on, free from contamination, 

 into the gasometer or reservoir, where it is preserved till 

 wanted for use. 



TO OLIVIA. 



"On pense a toi." 



As a sweet voice of music's power, 

 That sheds a calm o'er sorrow's hour : 

 As a pure light ordained to shine 

 On life's wide way, with beams divine, 



I think of thee. 



In festal halls where joy's sweet tone 

 Leads forth the fairest, one by one, 

 One image brighter than than the whole, 

 Pure in its youth, enwraps my soul ; 



I think of thee. 



Should sadness droop his pinion wan 

 How soon the dreary shade is gone ; 

 When, through the mist of tears, I gain 

 A moment unalloyed with pain 



To think on thee. 



When memory's dream is on the past 

 What time love's silken chords were cast 

 Around our souls and, heart in heart 

 Enwreathed, we hoped no more to part 



I think of thee. 



And till that hour when death's dark spell 

 May shroud the two that love so well 

 Shall deep affection, day by day, 

 Within my bosom gently say 



I think of thee. 



LEON. 

 Devonshire Place. 



