Don Juan 01-012
Canto the First

XII

Her favourite science was the mathematical,
     Her noblest virtue was her magnanimity,
Her wit (she sometimes tried at wit) was Attic all,
     Her serious sayings darken'd to sublimity;
In short, in all things she was fairly what I call
     A prodigy-her morning dress was dimity,
Her evening silk, or, in the summer, muslin,
And other stuffs, with which I won't stay puzzling.

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