A Sequel to Don Juan — page 170: what you’re looking at

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DON JUAN. 16] XV, Yes—for she did not stifle scandal's breath, And ’mid the spring-tide of her virgin youth In female virtue held so little faith, That she received suspicion for a truth.— But weep not for the victim’s early death: In life she found not sympathy nor ruth; And were she called to earth again, there’d be One angel less in heaven’s choristry. XVI. I’ve heard a horrid and revolting song, Sung in as plaintive and as sweet a voice As ever mingled earthly tones among, Or bade a lover’s ears and heart rejoice ;— And as the dulcet cadence swept along, Laden with language of a hideous choice, It seemed to me the slime which the snail throws Upon the red leaf of the fragrant rose. XVII. And such is scandal on the courtly lip— Such the insidious poison that distilled From envious hearts for royalty to sip : The aim was too successfully fulfilled ! The tempest gathered round the lonely ship ; The storm raged on—for so its ruler willed ; And all that talent or that beauty decked, Spite of the Pilot Innocence, was wrecked. L COMmicloOoks. con