I WANT a hero: an uncommon want,
When every year and month sends forth a new one,
Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant,
The age discovers he is not the true one;
Of such as these I should not care to vaunt,
I'll therefore take our ancient friend Don Juan–
We all have seen him, in the pantomime
Sent to the devil somewhat ere his time,– Don Juan, Canto I
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