A Sequel to Don Juan — page 92: what you’re looking at

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DON JUAN. 83 XXIV. Within herself thus communed Adeline.— O Woman, art thou not the very devil ? As Edward Stirling says in some fine scene At the Adelphi (’tis not over civil !).* Could not the amorous lady have forseen How such a meeting might lead on to evil ? Or did she really seek the interview Merely to murmur forth a cold “ Adieu 2”’ XXV. Oh! for a clear transparent diving-bell, Wherein to sink into a woman’s soul, To fathom that incomprehensible Abyss in which the troubled waters roll That agitate the surface with their swell ; And mark the secret sources which controul Those cataracts of passion that, with rush O’erwhelming, from. the eyes and bosom gush ! XX VI. But, Ah! amidst that whirlpool of the mind, Beneath the eddying billows buried deep, Some pear] of unknown worth should we not find— Some feeling for a period lulled asleep, Till gloom upon man’s brow evoke that kind Endearing sentiment ?—then she will weep, Or smile, keep painful watch, console, or pray, And dare all ills to wipe his grief away ! * Mr. Edward Stirling is the author of a piece called ‘‘ Woman the Devil.”’ COMmiclooOoks.con