Don Juan 01-180
Canto the First

CLXXX

Alfonso closed his speech, and begg'd her pardon,
     Which Julia half withheld, and then half granted,
And laid conditions he thought very hard on,
     Denying several little things he wanted:
He stood like Adam lingering near his garden,
     With useless penitence perplex'd and haunted,
Beseeching she no further would refuse,
When, lo! he stumbled o'er a pair of shoes.

George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron (1788-1824) ByronLong