A Sequel to Don Juan — page 135: what you’re looking at

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126 | A SEQUEL TO CXLYV. Here shall I close my Second Canto ;—here I pause again. Perhaps this song of mine May never in a printed form appear, Never in library nor boudoir shine. My name, applauded in another sphere, May ne’er, O heavenly Muse ! be known in thine :— But I shall still pursue my theme, and wait The issue of events to show my fate. CXLVI. Inured to disappointments of all kind, 1 take things very calmly now ;—in short, W hate’er my destiny, I feel resigned. Capricious Fortune has made me her sport : One day I’m very rich—the next I find Myself a debtor in th’ Insolvents’ Court. I have four children and a wife—and they Sustain my energies from day to day. CXLVII. Reader, if ever I unveil the mystery, That, when I publish this, shall shroud my name, I’ll tell thee somewhat of my former history— Which I should do with tears—but not of shame ! If Fame do aught to help me, I'll assist her ;—I Might such vicissitudes and wrongs proclaim That men—: but wait—the time is not yet come— And till the proper moment I am dumb. END OF CANTO THE SECOND. “ COPMICLOOKS. CONN