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Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1832. Excerpt: ... DON JUAN. CANTO VI. I. « There is a tide in the affairs of men « Which taken at the flood »--you know the rest, And most of us have found it, now and then; At least we think so, though but few have guess'd The moment, till too late to come again. But no doubt every thing is for the best-- Of which the surest sign is in the end: When things are at the worst they sometimes mend. II. There is a.tide in the affairs of women « Which taken at the flood leads »--God knows where: Those navigators must be able seamen Whose charts lay down its currents to a hair; Not all the reveries of Jacob Behmen With its strange whirls and eddies can compare:-- Men, with their heads, reflect on this and that-- But women, with their hearts, or heaven knows what! III. And yet a headlong, headstrong, downright she, Young, beautiful, and daring--who would risk A throne, the world, the universe, to be Beloved in her own way, and rather whisk The stars from out the sky, than not be free As are the billows when the breeze is brisk-- Though such a she's a devil (if that there be one), Yet she would make full many a Manichean. IV. Thrones, worlds, et cetera, are so oft upset By commonest Ambition, that when Passion O'erthrows the same, we readily forget, Or at the least forgive, the loving rash one. If Anthony be well remember'd yet, 'Tis not his conquests keep his name in fashion -r But Actium, lost for Cleopatra's eyes, Outbalance all the Caesar's victories. V. He died at fifty for a queen of forty; I wish their years had been fifteen and twenty, For then wealth, kingdoms, worlds, are but a sport--I Remember when, though I had no great plenty Of worlds to lose, yet still, to pay my court, I Gave what I had--a heart:--as the world went, I Gave what was worth a world; for worlds could neve...
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- PublisherGeneral Books LLC
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0217828116
- ISBN 13 9780217828116
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages60
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