A Sequel to Don Juan — page 88: what you’re looking at

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DON JUAN. 79 Al, Oh! ’twas a mad and yet most gallant thing To dare that journey in a pendant boat, Between the world and heaven hovering ,— In the impalpable expanse to float— Cleaving their way upon Doedalian wing, The wonderful effects of earth to note, By its own artificial lustre, through The darkness which almost obscured the view.* XIII. _ And now there is a new aérial carriage For which a patent ’s taken out—a thing Which I’m by no means anxious to disparage, Because within an easy ride ’twill bring Places where men can seek a lucky marriage, Such as New York, Calcutta, or Peking— A last resource when every hope is undone Of hooking wealthy dowagers in London. XIV. But to resume.—An ashy pallor spread Upon the face of Lady Adeline ; And then the blood, burning like molten lead, Came rushing to the cheek whence it had been Rolled backward to the heart when she first read That paragraph which might have raised the spleen Of one far less susceptible than she At what was deemed an infidelity. * Messieurs Green and Monk Mason performed the aerial voyage here alluded to. CORmmicloookxs. conn