And sea-sick passengers turn'd somewhat | And last,not least to strangers uninstructed, Thy long, long bills, whence nothing is deducted. pale: But Juan, season'd, as he well might be By former voyages, stood to watch the skiff's Which pass'd, or catch the first glimpse of the cliffs. And being told it was "God's house," she | O'er the high hill which looks with pride said or scorn He was well lodged, but only wonder'd how Toward the great city:-ye who have a spark in A mosque so noble,flung like pearls to swine. On, on! through meadows, managed like A paradise of hops and high production; The absence of that more sublime construc- And when I think upon a pot of beer- mourn, -- According as you take things well or ill The sun went down, the smoke rose up, as from A half-unquench'd volcano, o'er a space As some have qualified that wondrous place. Who butcher'd half the earth, and bullied A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye As the smart boys spurr'd fast in their career, lions; Of masts; a wilderness of steeples peeping But Juan saw not this: each wreath of smoke broke The wealth of worlds (a wealth of tax and The gloomy clouds, which o'er it as a yoke clear. He paused-and so will I; as doth a crew Oh, Mrs. Fry! why go to Newgate? Why Except the creak of wheels, which on their | And roared out, as he writhed his native mud in, pivot he Heard-and that bee-like, bubbling, busy hum Of cities, that boils over with their scum : These freeborn sounds proceeded from four pads, In ambush laid, who had perceived him loiter Unto his nearest follower or henchman, But,ere they could perform this pious duty, Oh! for a glass of max! We've miss'd our The drops fell from his death-wound, and untied Behind his carriage; and, like handy lads, Or God be with you!"—and 'tis not absurd I heard them wish "God with you," save died. The cravat, stain'd with bloody drops, fell down Before Don Juan's feet: he could not tell Don Juan, having done the best he could In all the circumstances of the case, As soon as "Crowner's quest"allow'd,pursued Juan yet quickly understood their gesture, His travels to the capital apace ;And, being somewhat choleric and sudden, Esteeming it a little hard he should Drew forth a pocket-pistol from his vesture, In twelve hours' time, and very little space, And fired it into one assailant's pudding-Have been obliged to slay a freeborn native Who fell, as rolls an ox o'er in his pasture, In self-defence; this made him meditative. |