84 Satirical Poems. If it be a right view of Don Juan to consider this poem as a specimen of the natural history of the mind, and not as Lord Jeffrey and many others have done, as a book of instruction, it may be perused with interest and profit, and the pleasure derived from such peru- sal will leave no stain on a mind which in it self is pious and pure — puris omnia pura. — Thus also in the subsequent passage Lord Byron’s masterly apology of the Miser maybe enjoyedand admired with- out fear of becoming corrupted in this respect, either by Lord Byron’s precept or example. From Don Juan Canto XU. 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 w ould 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; — II. Too old for youth, — too young, at thiity-five, To herd with boys, or hoard with good threescore — I wonder people should be left alive; But since they are, that epoch is a bore: Love lingers still, although ’twere late to wive; And as for other love, the illusion’s o’er; And money, that most pure imagination, Gleams only through the dawn of its creation. III. Oh Gold ! Why call we misers miserable? Theirs is the pleasure that can never pall; Theirs is the best bower-anchor, the chain cable Which holds fast other pleasures great and small. Ye who but see the saving man at table, And scorn his temperate board, as none at all, And wonder how the wealthy can be sparing, Know not what visions spring from each cheese-paring. I. Af alle de barbariske Middelaldre, den || Som er meest barbarisk er Mands || Middel- alder, den er — jeg veed i Sandhed nappe hvad ; || Men naar vi svave mellem Daare og Yiismand , || Og ikke ret vide hvor vi ville hen — || En Periode som noget ligner en trykt Side || Black letter paa foolscap, [el. pro patria] medens vort Haar || Bliver graaligt, og vi ere ei hvad vi vare; — II. For gamle for Ungdom — for unge , i det fem og tredivte Aar, || Til at siige Selskab med Drenge, eller samle med gode Ire Snese (CO Aars gamle Maud) — || Det undrer mig at Folk lades i levende Live; || Men siden de lades, saa er denne Periode en Plage; || El- skov noler endnu, skjont det vilde vare seent at gifte sig; || Og hvad anden Kjarlighed an- gaaer saa er Illusionen forbi; || Og Penge, denne allerreneste Indbildning (el. Ideei || Glimter kun gjennem sin Skabelses Tusmiirke. III. 0 Guld ! Hvorfor kalde vi Gnierne elendige ? Deres er en Fornojelse som aldrig kan over- matte; I! Deres er det daglige Anker, Kjade- touget || Som holder fast alle andre Forndjel- ser store og smaa. || I som kun see den sam- mensparende Mand tilbords || Og foragte hans tarvelige Bord, som om det intet(Bord) var, || Og undres over hvorledes de Rige kunne vare sparsomme, || Vide ei hvilke Syncr fremspringe af hver Osteskorpe.

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