A Sequel to Don Juan — page 120: what you’re looking at

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DON JUAN. 11] CVIi. Nature decrees that man shall fall.—Alas ! He’s born—he’s dead : his life’s to-day begun, To-morrow all his youthful pleasures pass, And evening marks his fleeting soiourn done. Well said the Prophet that all fiesh was grass ;— As insects glitter in the morning sun, And perish in the evening, so do we As constantly fulfil our destiny. CVIII. Others shall use the riches we have earned, Vituperate the heroes whom we praised, — Build up the thrones which we have overturned, Cast down the monuments that we have raised, Exalt the memories of those we spurned, Adopt the sehemes from which we shrank amazed, Level the mountains that we could not scale, And add another chapter to life’s tale. CIX, But to return to the establishment Where Juan now resided. We have seen The inmates after dinner all intent Upon the punch, brewed in a vast tureen : Around, now, ancient jokes and humour went, And squabbling filled the intervals between ; But every evil passion was unloosed When evening came and cards were introduced. COMMicloOokKks. conn