The works of lord Byron Author:George Gordon Byron Byron Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Now Donna Inez had, with all her merit, A great opinion of her own good qualities; Neglect, indeed, requires a saint to bear it, And such, indeed, she was in... more » her moralities ; But then she had a devil of a spirit, And sometimes mix'd up fancies with realities, And let few opportunities escape Of getting her liege lord into a scrape. Xffl. This was an easy matter with a matt Oft in the wrong, and never on his guard; And even the wisest, do the best they can, Have moments, hours, and days, so unprepared, That yon might ,,braln them with theis Jsdy'4 faa;" And sometimes ladies hit exceeding hard, And fans turn into falchions in fair hartfr, And why and wherefore no one understands. Vol. IX. B Tis pity learned virgins ever wed ; With persons of no sort of education, Or gentlemen, who, though well-born and bredi Grow tired of scientific conversation: I don't choose to say much upon'this head, I'm a plain man. and in a single station, But —, Oh! ye lords of ladies intellectual, Inform us truly, have they not hen-peck'd yon all ? Don Jose and his lady quarrell'd — why, Not any of the many could divine, i Though several thousand people chose to try, 'Twas surely no concern of theirs nor mine; I loathe that low vice curiosity, But if there's any thing in which I shine 'Tis in arranging all my friends' afiairs, Jot having, of my own, domestic cares. XXIV. And so I interfer'd, and with the best Intentions, but their treatment was not kind; I think the foolish people were possess'd, For neither of them could I ever find, Although their porter afterwards confess'd — But that's no matter, and the worst's behind, For little'Juan o'er me threw, down stairs, A pail of housemaid's water unawares. A little ...« less