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THE RAPE OF THE BELL.

AN OPERETTA.

TONY. I dare do all that may become a man;

Who dares do more is none. So prithee speak.

SAPLING. To-morrow night let's scale old Harvard Hall,

And steal the clapper from the aged bell!

TELL, Oh, my! what fun, but if we should then fail?

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SAPLING. Fail! In the lexicon of youth -

TELL. Enough.

SAPLING. Well, then, to-morrow night, at twelve o'clock,

When churchyards yawn, we three will meet again

Hard by the pump. Till then, no word of this

To any mortal ear. Are all agreed?

TOUGH.

TELL.

SAPLING. May fortune favor our design.

We are.

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