A Sequel to Don Juan — page 211: what you’re looking at

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202 A SEQUEL TO CX XXII. Juan received the mandate with a mind Prepared to meet extremities, and show That gallant spirits, to all fates resigned, Can never grovelling fear in peril know. And, Ah! if for'a moment he repined That tyrants doomed his blood in youth to flow, ’T was not that for himself his soul could melt, But for his unprotected Rose he felt. CXXXIII. And ere he left the hospital, around He sought for the Veiled Sister, to express Those feelings which in grateful hearts abound, Implanted by sweet solace in distress : But she no longer at her post was found— And wherefore she was absent none could guess ;— A pang shot through his heart—he knew not why— And moisture for a moment dimmed his eye. CXXXIV. And then ashamed this weakness to display, The tear-drop he dashed off—suppressed the sigh That rose within his breast,—and turned away From that abode of sickness, hurriedly.— A hospital exchanged in the same day For the gloom of a prison, and none nigh To breathe a word of solace in his ear,— Surely this destiny was too severe ! CORPMICLOOKS. CONN