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Lord Byron's Don Juan...not a bad read! Canto I was lengthy but very entertaining. Favorite quotes:
"There is a dangerous silence in that hour,
A stillness, which leaves room for the full soul
To open all itself, without the power
Of calling wholly back its self-control" (stanza 114)
"‘Tis pity though, in this sublime world, that
Pleasure’s a sin, and sometimes sin’s a pleasure" (stanza 133)
"...and dear the schoolboy spot/ We ne’er forget, though there we are forgot." (stanza 126)
“Man’s love is of his life a thing apart,
‘Tis woman’s whole existence; man may range
The court, camp, church, the vessel, and the mart,
Sword, gown, gain, glory, offer in exchange
Pride, fame, ambition, to fill up his heart
And few there are whom these can not estrange;
Man has all these resources, we but one,
To love again, and be again undone. " (stanza 194)