A Sequel to Don Juan — page 107: what you’re looking at

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9S A SEQUEL TO . LXIX. f He mingled with that miscellaneous set Composed of ‘* men upon the town,”’ and those Whose visible resources lay in debt, Horse-racing, cards, and what besides God knows ;— Men who confirmed assertion with a bet, And proved the fairness of the bet with blows ;— Men, in a word, who held a medium station Between impunity and transportation. LXX. He lost large sums at play, where he was cheated , And if he ventured to express a doubt, ‘‘ Do you suspect my honour, sir !’’? repeated Each gentlemanly rogue who cleaned him out. When with intoxicating liquors heated, Hemmed in by knaves and blacklegs round about, And seeking play by an infatuation, He seemed a man led on by desperation. LX XI. O Youth ! could’st thou sum up the hours that fleetest Fly upon dissipation’s wings away ; Could’st thou compute the moments which seem sweetest, When passed among the thoughtless and the gay ; The aggregate would show thee that thou cheatest Reason of more than half her lawful sway ; While all the period that thou sav’st from folly Becomes the prey of grief and melancholy ! COPMICLOOKS. CON