Don Juan

Don Juan

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Don Juan by Baron Byron George Gordon Byron

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1819

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he had some lucid intermissions,
She next decided he was only bad;
Yet when they ask'd her for her depositions,
No sort of explanation could be had,
Save that her duty both to man and God
Required this conduct--which seem'd very odd.

She kept a journal, where his faults were noted,
And open'd certain trunks of books and letters,
All which might, if occasion served, be quoted;
And then she had all Seville for abettors,
Besides her good old grandmother (who doted);
The hearers of her case became repeaters,
Then advocates, inquisitors, and judges,
Some for amusement, others for old grudges.

And then this best and weakest woman bore
With such serenity her husband's woes,
Just as the Spartan ladies did of yore,
Who saw their spouses kill'd, and nobly chose
Never to say a word about them more--
Calmly she heard each calumny that rose,
And saw his agonies with such sublimity,
That all the world exclaim'd, 'What magnanimity!'

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A brilliant satirical saga in verse - deserves to compared to Don Quixote or The Canterbury Tales.

The alleged travels of the legendary Don Juan - lover of all women. Contains elements of Ullysses - The Oddyssey, The 1001 Nights and Boccacchio.

All very proper, tongue in cheek and humorous.

May seem a bit long for Modern Tastes but definitely worth persevering.

The reader will find some fantastic mini poems amongst the narrative verse.