THEO. Go to sleep, my baby.
JULIA. What voice is that so gently to me calling?
THEO. Whist! whist! whist! it is the boogy man!
DINAH (within).
Get away from that window, my love and my dove.
JULIA. I will meet you in the sweet bye-and-bye.
Theodore, defend thee!
Hearest thou?
THEO. I thought I heard a noise; but no, all is still.
JULIA. Flee as a bird to your mountain.
THEO. Maid of Athens, ere we part,
Let me kiss thine eyelids down.
JULIA. You're getting a big boy now.
Get away, get along, go ever so far,
You wear a penny flower in your coat, Lardy Dar.
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