A Sequel to Don Juan — page 147: what you’re looking at

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138 A SEQUEL TO XMM MILT, Thy very innocence betrayed thee, Rose— Thine ignorance of evil made thee fall ; For thou wast Nature’s darling—one of those Pure-minded things whose failings we might call Characteristics of a state which knows Naught of how true love can be criminal.— But, ah ! when once the boundary is past, Then consciousness of evil comes at last. XMXIV. The moment that the burning joy was o’er, Like molten metal did the warm blood rise To bathe in crimson hue the cheeks, and pour A flood of light into the swimming eyes ; For now the victim, innocent no more, Saw shame in Love’s illicit mysteries :— The veil was drawn aside—and down her face The tears began-their rapid way to trace. XXXV. Then Juan drew her to his glowing breast— Kissed off the big drops from her lovely eyes, In kisses his sincerity expressed, Glued kisses on her lips to hush her sighs, - By kisses taught her that she still was blest, With kisses promised all that women prize In such an hour ; and by those raptured kisses Restored Hope to her soul—that bliss of blisses ! COPMICLOOKS. CONN