Don Juan 05-009
Canto the Fifth

     IX
 
Were things to shake a stoic; ne'ertheless,
     Upon the whole his carriage was serene:
His figure, and the splendour of his dress,
     Of which some gilded remnants still were seen,
Drew all eyes on him, giving them to guess
     He was above the vulgar by his mien;
And then, though pale, he was so very handsome;
And then -- they calculated on his ransom.

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