A Sequel to Don Juan — page 236: what you’re looking at

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~I DON JUAN. 22 LXIiT. ‘* And there is One,”’ said he, and grimly smiled, ‘Whose feet have hitherto on velvet trod, W hose head has e’er reposed on cushions piled, And who has swayed the sceptre of a god,— He too,”’ he added with a frenzy wild— ‘¢He, who once ruled the nation with his nod’’— His voice-sank to a whisper—“ shall be seen ~ Upon the scaffold of yon guillotine !’’*— LXIV. ‘Thou woulds’t not crown the measure of thy guilt | With such a sacrifice !’”’ the lady cried ; And her cheek paled, as if, before her spilt, Gushed from the regal corse the crimson tide.— Th’ Accuser answered, ‘‘ Cavil as thou wilt Against such policy, th’ inhuman pride Of Kings must fall, and an example be A fforded unto all posterity.’’ LXV. The lady, with a purpose of her own To serve—though horror-struck at what she heard, Delivered also in a threatening tone— Restrained her feelings, nor replied a word ; But her heart fluttered with a fear unknown, Like that which seizes on the timid bird Caught in the rude grasp of the faleoner— While the Accuser fixed his eyes on her :— * Louis the Sixteenth. CoOnmmcloooks.conn