A Sequel to Don Juan — page 225: what you’re looking at

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216 — _ A SEQUEL TO XX XI. ‘“‘ Say, damsel, dost thou ask me now to spare The one to whom thou hast devoted charms With earthly beauty far beyond compare, While I, to clasp thee in my longing arms, Would venture every hope of heaven—and dare That hell with threat of which the priest alarms Weak-minded man? Can such a love as this ' Restore a rival to the envied bliss ?””— XX XIT. ‘‘ Again,”’ the lady cried, “in mercy save The life I ask—and never more on me * Shall his love beam on this side of the grave : Save him—and then I will be all to thee That I have been to him! The boon I crave, Although procured by mine own infamy, Will dissipate some portion of the gloom That hangs upon my soul, and bless my tomb !’’ XX XIII. Like the hyzena’s, when he marks his prey, The eyes of Tinville in their orbits rolled : The lady felt her courage ebb away Beneath that glance licentious, fierce, and bold. As if a snake coiled up before her lay, The blood seemed in her veins to circle cold ;—. And when th’ Accuser pressed her hand, she thought That in a demon’s fiery grasp ‘twas caught. cComichbooksncom