Don Juan 01-133
Canto the First

CXXXIII

Man's a phenomenon, one knows not what,
     And wonderful beyond all wondrous measure;
'T is pity though, in this sublime world, that
     Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure;
Few mortals know what end they would be at,
     But whether glory, power, or love, or treasure,
The path is through perplexing ways, and when
The goal is gain'd, we die, you know-and then-

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