A Sequel to Don Juan — page 38: what you’re looking at

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DON JUAN. 29 LXX, If thou would’st view fair London town aright, Survey her from the bridge of Waterloo; And let the hour be at the morning’s light, When the sun’s earliest rays have struggled through The star-bespangled curtains of the night, And when Aurora’s locks are moist with dew : Then take thy stand upon that bridge, and see London awake in all her majesty. LX XI. Then do her greatest features seem to crowd Down to the river’s brink ;—then does she raise From off her brow the everlasting cloud, (Thus with her veil the coquette archly plays, ) And for a moment shows her features, proud To catch the Rembrandt-light of the sun’s rays :-— ‘Then may the eye of the beholder dwell On steeple, column, dome, and pinnacle. LX XII. Yes,—he may reckon temple, mart, and tower— The old historic sites—the halls of Kings— The seats of art—the fortalice of power— The ships that waft our commerce on their wings s;— All these commingle in that dawning hour, And each into one common focus brings Some separate moral of life’s scenes so true, As all those objects form one point of view. COMmicloooks. conn