The Illiberal! Verse and Prose from the North!! ... Dedicated to my Lord Byron in the South!! N.B. To be continued occasionally!! viz. as a supplement to each number of The Liberal [by William Gifford] |
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LORD B.(Solus. Takes up a Pen and Writes.)
How have I spent the moments of my life!
I have deserted Home, Friends, Child, and Wife,
(Oh! melancholy retrospective view,)
They've felt some pain, and I have felt some too:
Besides, I fear I've been some people's ruin,
By writing that immoral work, Don Juan!
I do repent............
(Interrupted by a smart rap at the door. Enter Mr. H.
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