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No matter; we should ne’er too much inquire,

But facts are facts: no Knight could be more true,

And firmer faith no Ladye-love desire;

We will omit the proofs, save one or two:

’Tis said no one in hand “can hold a fire

By thought of frosty Caucasus”⁠—but few,

I really think⁠—yet Juan’s then ordeal

Was more triumphant, and not much less real.