A Sequel to Don Juan — page 229: what you’re looking at

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220 A SEQUEL TO X LIL. Prudes, who love pleasures stolen—therefore sweet— And who in private practice what they blame Before the world—shrink back whene’er they meet A member of the sisterhood of sname. They spurn the hapless wanderer of the street, Declare that contact sullies their own fame, Avoid the air she breathes, and will not see Extenuation for her infamy. XLUL. Say, ye who thus contemn the guilty fair That sells her charms for bread beneath a stern Necessity—and loathes her life of care, Miscalled a life of joy ;—say, ye who spurn That shamed and trembling creature—why repair To view expensive harlots nimbly turn In some lascivious dance before a crowd— Why smile so gracious, and applaud so loud ? XLLV. Why dwell in raptures on the witching song Fiowing from lips where the adulterous kiss Is gathered—or whose blandishments belong To him whose gold can best afford the bliss 4— Say, to the Thespian temples do ye throng To crush th’ immodest actress with a hiss— Or to encourage in her path of shame The woman who has earned a harlot’s name ¢ comichbooksncom