Decrees to wither "youth and bloom,"
(The phrase is from Sohrab and Rustum)
I've suffered boredom to the full;
Professors dull—of Hindostani!
Dull wits, dull statesmen, dandies dull—
He wasn't dull—was Don GIOVANNI.
A widower fêted far and wide,
The jauntiest Rake who drinks the waters,
Smartest of "smart" vulgarians, pride
And terror of his decent daughters;