DON JUAN. CANTO THE FIFTEENTH. (1) (1) [Cantos XV. and XVI. were published in London, in March, 1824.] 155 DON JUAN. CANTO THE FIFTEENTH. I. AH!-What should follow slips from As à-propos of hope or retrospection, As though the lurking thought had follow'd free. All present life is but an interjection, An "Oh!" or "Ah!" of joy or misery, Or a "Ha! ha!" or "Bah!" -a yawn, or “Pooh !" Of which perhaps the latter is most true. II. But, more or less, the whole's a syncopé Wherewith we break our bubbles on the ocean, That watery outline of eternity, Or miniature at least, as is my notion, Which ministers unto the soul's delight, In seeing matters which are out of sight. III. But all are better than the sigh supprest, Few men dare show their thoughts of worst or best; A corner for herself; and therefore fiction IV. Ah! who can tell? Or rather, who can not Hath got blue devils for his morning mirrors: V. And as for love-O love! We will proceed. A pretty name as one would wish to read, |