A Sequel to Don Juan — page 150: what you’re looking at

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DON JUAN. 1A] ALU, This fact my cousin Edward Boys knows well !- And speaking of relations, I can’t boast Of their good feeling—nor with pleasure dwell Upon their conduct, but could cite a host Of cruelties on their part, which to tell Would summon from his sainted tomb the ghost Of my lamented father, who believed In their good faith—-Oh ! how he was deceived ! ALHL But our worst enemies are always those Nearest allied to us :—I can’t say why Our relatives should act the part of foes, Yet ’tis a fact which few will dare deny ; And peradventure many a reader knows A proof of this in his own family :— At all events, to keep good friends with mine One must possess endurance quite divine ! ALIV. The summer feelings of the youthful heart Are blighted by the cold neglect of friends :— Though Hope’s prophetic mirror may impart Joy to the soul—how soon the vision ends ! And, as we grasp the rose, we feel the smart Of the sharp thorn beneath that deeply rends The flesh most sensitive :—then where are those Who should be first to mitigate our woes ? COnmicloooks. conn