Don Juan 01-009
Canto the First

IX

His father's name was Jose-Don, of course,-
     A true Hidalgo, free from every stain
Of Moor or Hebrew blood, he traced his source
     Through the most Gothic gentlemen of Spain;
A better cavalier ne'er mounted horse,
     Or, being mounted, e'er got down again,
Than Jose, who begot our hero, who
Begot-but that's to come-Well, to renew:

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