A Sequel to Don Juan — page 20: what you’re looking at

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DON JUAN li XVI. The yellow lustre of the lamp streamed o’er The noble outlines of that shape so fair ; A mirror, placed conveniently before The couch, reflected the enamoured pair ;— : ® The clothes had all been tossed upon the floor, And lay forgotten and unheeded there :— Cradled in indolent voluptuousness, Their’s was the pleasure which no words express ! XVII. And ever and anon a billing kiss Upon the silence of the chamber stole— That silence favourable to the bliss, Congenial to the transports of the soul : They knew that they were naked—but for this Felt not ashamed ;—(indeed, upon the whole, I cannot comprehend the reason why Adam and Eve showed such false modesty. ) X VIIT. [ know not why we should those gilts refuse Which make life void at least of half its care : Nature herself enjoins the moderate use Of pleasure—and for that is woman fair, And wine delicious. ’Tis of the abuse Of nature’s choicest boons we should beware.— Approach the stream, if temperance be your euide, But plunge not headlong in the rapid tide. COmicloooks. conn