XLI.

But first of little Leila we'll dispose,[LN]

For like a day-dawn she was young and pure—

Or like the old comparison of snows,[631]

(Which are more pure than pleasant, to be sure,

Like many people everybody knows),—

Don Juan was delighted to secure

A goodly guardian for his infant charge,

Who might not profit much by being at large.

XLII.