A Sequel to Don Juan — page 233: what you’re looking at

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224 A SEQUEL TO LILY. At the appointed hour the lady came, , Resigned and calm like Jepthah’s votive daughter : Her brow, flushed not with anger nor with shame, Was placid as a lake’s unruffled water : , The lightness of her step seemed to proclaim. It was a cheerful task that thither brought her 3, And in her dark blue eyes appeared to meet A galaxy of thoughts serene and sweet. LV. The most delicious odours did exhale From the rich tresses of her shining hair : Over her bosom flowed the snowy veil, | ’ And envious hid the ivory beauties there ;— And if her damask cheek appeared more pale . Than it was wont, still did she seem the fair Embodiment ofall things beautiful— A lovely flower for such a wretch to cull! pane LVI. She moved along’, light as the graceful deer, ;?" Seeming to tread the air, and not. the ground ; And when the Public Minister drew near, Her voice, mellifluous as music’s sound, Was low, and soft, and tremulously clear ; And. for a moment, by her glance spell-bound, He stood, the prey of a remorseful feeling, And almost ready to address her kneeling. | COMMCcOOOKS.COl