A Sequel to Don Juan — page 75: what you’re looking at

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66 : A SEQUEL TO CLXX VIII. How noble ’tis to be no longer pent Within a narrow space, around whose wall The eye marks naught but antique ornament, - And where the voice no echo can recall Save of the past ;—how glorious to present — The key of Nature’s oracles to all The human race, so that th’ enquiring youth May study for himself her book of truth! CLXXIX. All ancient institutions totter. We Have heard it said that Priests are on the wane ; And next the onward march of Liberty Threatens with ruin all the Kings that reign ; — And in the self-same pathway one may see The World of Fashion travel with its train Of Lords and Ladies—for the aristocracy Will shortly be absorbed in the democracy. CLXXX., Oh! for the power of Mirabeau, to ring A death-knell to th’ abuses of the state ! Oh! for the voice of Berenger, to sing, And lash in verse, the follies of the great! Then all the fury of my wrath I’d bring, All my indignant feelings concentrate, To make the people’s grievances my own, And drag forth tardy justice from the throne ! COPMICLOO KS. CONN