Where he 'll be shaking with the fright of making
So many calls, calls, calls,
Those calls, calls, calls, calls,
Calls, calls, calls, -
So many charming, though alarming New-Year's calls.
See the lover with his calls! -
Wretched calls!
What a world of bother to Romeo befalls!
In the silence deep of night
In the silence deep of night
He does n't think of them with fright;
'T is, after all, but a care,
He can only swear, swear,
At the bore!
But there's no need of now concealing that he has a frantic burning
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