CANTOS XII.-XIII.-AND XIV.

"Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more
Cakes and Ale?"—"Yes, by St. Anne; and Ginger shall be hot i' the
mouth too!"-Twelfth Night, or What you Will.

SHAKSPEARE.

LONDON, 1823:

PRINTED FOR JOHN HUNT,

38, TAVISTOCK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, AND

LONDON:

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DON JUAN.

CANTO XII.

DON JUAN.

CANTO XII.

I.

Of all the barbarous Middle Ages, that

Which is the most barbarous is the middle age

Of man; it is-I really scarce know what;

But when we hover between fool and sage,

And don't know justly what we would be at,— A period something like a printed page, Black letter upon foolscap, while our hair Grows grizzled, and we are not what we were,