A Sequel to Don Juan — page 22: what you’re looking at

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DON JUAN. 13 XXII. The time has been when angels have descended To win a single glance of woman’s eyes ;— Nor turned the maidens from a sight so splendid, But gave their love to those who left the skies : f- And from these high and earthly natures blended In fond embrace, did mighty giants rise ;— WY Ai least the Bible says so—and we’re bound | To credit all that’s in its pages found. | gy) Af ~ X XAI, We’ve often heard of a concatenation Of adverse incidents; but, surely, never Of strange events did such a complication Conspire to mar the happiness for ever Of the poor Duchess, and fill with -vexation Juan, from whom she felt ’twas death to sever.— But let us not anticipate the road Which we must travel in our episode. XAITV. The Lady Adeline Amundeville, Perceiving that the Duchess felt for Juan A something more than it was right to feel— (This was her stated reason, but the true one It scarce is necessary to reveal, For such a sentiment is not a new one, But prompts the most untainted of the sex, And, this excepted, pure in all respects. ) COMicoooks. conn