XCV.

CII. Had Catherine and the Sultan understood

When Baba saw these symptoms, which he knew Their own true interests, which kings rarely know, To bode him no great good, he deprecated Uptil 't is taught by lessons rather rude,

Her anger, and beseechi'd she 'd hear him throughThere was a way to end their sirife, although

He could not help the thing which he related : Perbaps precarious, had they but thought good, Then out it came at length, that to Dudù Without the aid of prince or plenipo :

Juan was given in charge, as hath been stated; She to dismiss her guards, and he his haram,

But not by Baba's fault, he said, and swore on And for their other matters, meet and share 'em. The holy camel's hump, besides the Koran. XCVI.

CIII. But as it was, his Highness had to hold

The chief dame of the Oda, upon whom His daily council upon ways and means,

The discipline of the whole harem bore, llow to encounter with this martial scold,

As soon as they re-enter'd their own room, This modern Amazon and Queen of queans;

For Baba's function stopp'd short at the door, And the perplexity could not be told

Had settled all; nor could he then presume Of all the pillars of the state, which leans

(The aforesaid Baba) just then to do more, Sometimes a little heavy on the backs

Without exciting such suspicion as
Of those who cannot lay on a new tax.

Might make the matter still worse than it was.
XCVII.

CIV.
Meantime Gulbeyaz, when her king was gone,

He hoped, indeed he thought he could be sure,
Retired into her boudoir, a sweet place

Juan had not betray'd himself; in fact
For love or breakfast; private, pleasing, lone, 'T was certain that his conduct had been pure,
And rich with all contrivances which grace

Because a foolish or imprudent act
Those gay recesses :-many a precious stone

Would not alone have made him insecure, Sparkled along its roof, and many a vase

But ended in his being found out and sacks, Of porcelain held in the feller'd flowers,

And thrown into the sea. Thus Baba spoke
Thosc captive soothers of a captive's hours.

Of all save Dudu's dream, which was no joke.
XCVII.

CV.
Mother of pearl, and porphyry, and marble,

This he discreetly kept in the back ground, Vicd with each other on this costly spot;

And talk'd away—and might have talk'd till now, And singing-birds without were heard to warble;

For any further answer that be found, And the staiv'd glass which lighted this fair grot

So deep an anguish wrung Gulbeyaz' brow; Varied each ray;- but all descriptions garble

ller cheek turn'd ashes, ears rung, brain whirl'd round, The true effect, and so we had better not

As if she had received a sudden blow, Be too minute, ap outline is the best,

And the beart's dew of pain sprang fast and chilly A lively reader's fancy does the rest.

O'er her fair front, like morning's on a lily.
XCIX.

CVI.
Apd here she summond Laba, and required

Although she was not of the fainting sort, Don Juan at his hands, and information

Baba thought she would faint, but there he crridOf what had past since all the slaves retired,

It was but a convulsion, which, though short, And whether he had occupied their station ;

Can never be described; we all have heard, If matters had been managed as desired,

And some of us have felt thus « all amort,» Ånd his disguise with due consideration

When things beyond the common have occurr'd; Kept up; and, above all, the where and how

Gulbeyaz proved in that brief agony Ile had pass'd the night, was what she wislı'd to know. What she could ne'er express-then how should I? C.

CVII. Daba, with some embarrassment, replied

She stood a moment, as a Pythoness To this long catechism of questions ask'd

Stands on her tripod, agonized, and full More easily than answerd, -that he had tried

Of inspiration gather'd from distress, His best to obey in what he had been task'd;

When all the heart-strings like wild horses pull But there seem'd something that he wish'd to hide,

The heart asunder;—then, as more or less I hich hesitation more betray'd than mask'd;

Their speed abated or their strength grew dull, Ile scratch'd his ear, the infallible resource

She sunk down on her seat by slow degrees, To which einbarrassid people have recourse.

And bow'd her throbbing head o'er trembling knees. CI.

CVIII. Gulbeyaz was no model of true patience,

ller face declined and was uuseen; her hair Nor much disposed to wait in word or deed;

Fell in long tresses like the weeping willow, She liked quick answers in all conversations;

Sweeping the marble underneath her chair, And when she saw him stumbling like a steed

Or rather sofa (for it was all pillow, In his replies, she puzzled him for fresh ones;

A Jow, soft ottoman), and black despair And as his speech grew still more broken-kneed, Surr'd up and down her bosom like a billow, Her check began to flush, her eyes to sparkle,

Which rushies to some shore whose shingles check And her proud brow's blue veins to swell and darkle. Its farther course, but must receive its wreck.

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CLX.

CIVI. Her bead hung down, and her long hair in stooping What dost thou know of love or feeling! --writes Conceald her features better than a vcil;

Begone!» she cried, with kindling eyes, « and do And one hand o'er the ottoman lay drooping,

My bidding » Baba vapish'd; for lo stretch White, waxen, and as alab'ister pale:

llis own remonstrance further, lie well knee, Would that I were a painter! to be grouping

Might end ju acting as his own « Jack ketch;a All that a poet drags into detail!

And, though he wishid extremely to get through Oh that my words were colours! but their tints

This awkward business without harm 19 others, May serve perhaps as outlines or slight lints.

lle still preferr'd his own neck to another's. CX.

CIVIT. Baba, who knew by experience wien to ulk

Away he went then upon his commission, And when to hold his tongue, now held in till

Growling and grumbling in good Turkish plerise This passion miglit blow o'er, nor dared to balk Against all women, of white'er condition, Gubeyaz' taciturn or speaking will.

Especially Sultanas and their ways; At length she rose up, and began to walk

Their obstinacy, pride, and indecision, Slowly along the room, but sileut still,

Their never kuowing their own miod (wo daya
And her brow clear'd, but not her troubled eye- The trouble that tbey gave, their immorality,
The wind was down, but still die sea ran high. Which made him daily bless his own neutrality.
CIT.

CXVII.
She stopp'd, and raised her head to speak-but paused, and then he call'd his brethren to his aid,
And then moved ou again with rapid pace;

And sent one on a summons to the pair,
Then slacken'd it, which is the march most caused That they must instantly be well array'd,
By deep emotion :-you may sometimes trace

And, above all, be comb'd even to a bair, A feeling in each footstep, as disclosed

Anel brought before the empress, who had made By Sallust in his Catiline, who, chased

Inquiries after them with kindest care : By all the demous of all passions, bowd

de which Dudu look'd strange, and Juan silly; Their work even by the way in which he trode. But do they must at once, and will l-nill I CKU.

CXIX.
Gulbeyaz stopp'd and beckon a Baba :–« Slave! And here I leave them at their preparation
Bring the two slaves!» she said, in a low tone,

For the imperial presence, wherein whether
But one which Baba did not like to brave,

Gulbeyaz showd them both commiseration,
And yet he shudder d, ud seem'd rather prope Or got rid of the parties altogether-
To prove reluctans, and beeg'd leave to crave

Like other angry ladies of her nation(Though he well knew the meaning to be shown

Are things the turning of a hair or feather What slaves hier liglines, wistil to indicate,

May settle; but fir be 't from me to anticipate
For fear of any error like the late.

In what way feminine caprice may dissipate.
CNUL

CIT
The Georgian and her paramour,» replied

I leave thein for the present, with good wishes, The imperial bride-and added, « Let the boat

Though doubts of ticir well doing, to arrange Be ready by the secret portal's side :

Another

part of history; for the dishes You kuow the rest.» The words stuck in her throat, Of this our banquet we must sometimes charge Despite her injured love and fiery pride;

And, Irusting Juan may escape the fishes, And of this Baba willingly took note,

Alzhough his simulation now seems strange ! And begy'd, by every hair of Mahonnei's beard, ! And scarce secure, as such digressions are fuir. She would revoke the order he had heard.

The Muse will take a little touch at warfare.

CIV. u To hear is to obey,» he said; «but still, Sultana, think

upon

the

consequence: It is not that I shall not all fulfil

Your orders, even in their severese sense: But such precipitation may end ill,

Even at your own imperative expense; I do not mean destruction and exposure In case of any premature disclosure;

CIT. u But your own feelings. - Even should all the rest

Be bilden by the rolling waves, which hide Already many a once love-beaten breast

Derp in die caverus of the deally uide-
You love this borish, now serailio furat,

And-if this violent remoily br tried
Excuse my freedom, when I here are you.
That killing him is not the way to cure you."

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XVI.

XXIII. And cannot tune those discords of narration,

The Russians, having built iwo batteries on Which may be names at Voscow, joto rhyme.

An isle near Ismail, had two ends in view; Yet there were several worth commemoration,

The first was to bombard it, and knock down 3s c'er was virgin of a nuptial chime ;

The public buildings, and the private too, Soft words too, fitted for the peroration

No matter what poor souls might be undone. Of Londonderry, drawling against lime,

The city's shape suggested this, 't is true;
Ending in « isclskin,» a ousekin,» « iffskchy,» « ouski,» Form'd like an amploitheatre, each dwelling
Of whom we can insert but Rousainouski,

Presented a fine mark to throw a shell in.
XVII.

XXIV.
Schcrematoff and Chrematoff, Koklopliti,

The second object was to profit by Koclobski, Kourakin, and Mouskin Pouskin

The moment of the general consternation, 111 proper men of weapons, as e'er scoffa high

To attack the Turk's flotilla, which lay vigh, Against a foe, or ran a cabre through skin ;

Extremely tranquil, anchord ai its station : Little cared they for Mahomet or Mufti,

But a third motive was as probably
Culess to make their kettle-drums a new skin

To frighten them into capitulation;
Out of their lives, if parchment had grown dear, A phantasy which sometimes seizes warriors,
And no more handy substitute been near.

l'nless they are game as bull-dogs and fox-terriers. XVIIL

XXV. Then there were foreigners of much renowo,

i habit rather blameable, which is Of various nations, and all volunteers;

That of despising those we combat with, Not fighting for their country or ils crown,

Common in many cases, was in this But wishing to be one day brigadiers;

The cause of killing Tehitchitzkoff and Smith; Also to have the sacking of a town—

One of the valorous « Smiths» whom we shall miss A pleasant thing to young men at their years.

Out of those nineteen who late rhymed to pull z Mongst them were several Englishunen of pitli,

But 'is a name so spread o'er «Sir» and « Madam, Sixteen callid Thompson, and nineteen named Smith. That one would think the FIRST who bore it ADAM XIX.

XXVI.
Jack Thompson and Bill Thompson ;- -all the rest The Russian batteries were incomplete,

11.d been call d « Jemmy,» after the great bard; Because they were constructed in a hurry. Udon't knos whether they had arms or crest,

Thus, the same cause which makes a verse want fort. But such a godfather's as good a card.

And throws a cloud o er Longman and Joha Vorrat Three of the Smiths were Peters; but the best

When the sale of new books is not so fleet Anongst them all, hard blows to inílict or warn, As they who print them thiuk is necessary, Was he, since so renownd ein country quarters May likewise put off for a time what story Allalifax;» but now be served the Tartars.

Somcumes calls « murder, and at others us Elory.
XX.

XXVII.
The rest were Jacks and Gills, and will and Bills; Whether it was their engineers' stupidity,
But when Iic added that the elder Jack Smith

Their laste, or waste, I neither know nor care, Was born in Cumberland among the hills,

Or some contractor's personal cupidity, and that lois father was an honest blacksmith,

Sarving his soul by cheating in the ware
I've said all I know of a name that als

Of homicide; bit diere was no solidity
Three lines of the disputeliin taking «Schmacksmith,» In the new batteries erected there;
A village of Moldavia's waste, wherein

They either missid, or they were never miss'd, llc fell, immortal in a bulletin.

Jad added greatly to the missing lise.
INT.

XXVIII.
I woner (although Mars no doubt's a god I

A sad miscalculation about distance Praise if a man's pame in a bulletin

Made all their naval matters incorrect; May make up for a bullet in his body?

Three fire slips lost their amiable existence I hope this little question is no sin,

Before they reachd a spot to take effect;
Because, though I am but a siinple noudy.

The match was lit 100 soon, and no assistance
I think one Shak prare puts the saune thought in Coull remedy this lubberly defect;
The mouth of some one in leis plays so doatings Thry bolew up in the iniddle of the river,
Whiclı many people pass for wits by quoting.

While, thought was dawn, the Turks slept fast as **
SWT.

LXIX.
Then there were Frenchmen, gallant, young, and gay: it seven they rose, however, and sur

surveyd But I'm too great a patriot to record

The Russllotilla selling under way; Their Cullie nome, npon a glorious day;

I was nine, wlien sull advancing undismay d, Id rather telton lies than say a word

Within a cable's length their vessels lay Of truth; -11c crutis are treason: they betray Offl-mail, and commenced a cannonade, Their country.and, as traitors are abhorrd,

Which wiss return'd with interest, I may say, Who wanne the French and English, sive to show And by a fire of musketry and grasse, low peace should make Joli Bull the Frenchuman's fo. And shots and shot of every size and shape.