The hand which still held Juan’s, by degrees   Gently, but palpably confirm’d its grasp, As if it said, ‘Detain me, if you please;’   Yet there’s no doubt she only meant to clasp His fingers with a pure Platonic squeeze:   She would have shrunk as from a toad, or asp, Had she imagined such a thing could rouse A feeling dangerous to a prudent spouse.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The hand which still held Juan’s, by degrees   Gently, but palpably confirm’d its grasp, As if it said, ‘Detain me, if you please;’   Yet there’s no doubt she only meant to clasp His fingers with a pure Platonic squeeze:   She would have shrunk as from a toad, or asp, Had she imagined such a thing could rouse A feeling dangerous to a prudent spouse." in the context of "Lord Byron, Don Juan, Canto I" to mean that wisdom is timeless.