Ill fitted was her ignorance to jostle

With this o'erwhelming world, where all must err:

But she was yet but ten years old, and therefore

Was tranquil, though she knew not why or wherefore.

LIII.

Don Juan loved her, and she loved him, as

Nor brother, father, sister, daughter love.—

I cannot tell exactly what it was;

He was not yet quite old enough to prove

Parental feelings, and the other class,