A Sequel to Don Juan — page 90: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

DON JUAN. oi | X VIL. Art thou eternally succumbing —doomed By the fierce flames that thou thyself excitest In every human breast, to be consumed 4 And must the perfumed lamp, by which thou lightest The world, be in our hollow hearts entombed, Where damps unwholesome quench rays once the brightest ?: Oh! human pride and selfishness are sure To turn to poison heaven’s balm most pure ! To feign a sudden illnes and retire Unto her chamber, was the first resource Of Lady Adeline. What thoughts inspire A disappointed woman, in the course . Of her conflicting passions ! Love, hope, ire, \Affected recklessness, and then the force . Of,ardent love returning, all combined, ae and conflicting, in her mind. \ \ \ XX. But still she entertained a proper pride— Nor to th’ extravagances of the sex Gave herself up. No dreams of suicide, No plans of petty vengeance to perplex Her rival—not a way ward thought beside Her own ill-fated passion and the wrecks Of hopes she’d dared to cling to, could impart An evil influence to her noble heart. F COMmicloooks. conn