A Sequel to Don Juan — page 218: what you’re looking at

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DON JUAN. 209 AIT. “Twas Venus kneeling unto Bacchus then: Had there a Flaxman or Canova been To take her as a beauteous specimen, More soft, more lovely than the Cnidian queen— And him, the most abhorrent of all men,— Oh! what a glorious work of art were seen ; In contrast and in passion more sublime Than aught yet rescued from the hand of time. XIII, The Public Prosecutor took her hand, Exclaiming—*‘ Rise, and speak thy wishes! I May scarce refuse what must be a command When said by lips like thine. How—no reply ? Pardon me, damsel, if I understand No gilded words of gentle courtesy. A rough republican, I yet can feel E’en those emotions which force you to kneel.’’-— XIV. ‘¢ Then there is hope ! And thou art not as they Would have me think—the ruthless man of blood ! Oh! should’st thou grant the boon I ask to-day, Tears of repentance, in no niggard flood, Shall wipe those evil thoughts of thee away !”’— She ceased—she rose—and motionless she stood Before the man in whose ferocious mind Pity no longer she despaired to find. O COMmiclbooks.conn