’Tis the New Year, I think.
My oath[1461]—yes my oath! Is this sound I hear[1462]
The hour of midnight? Aye, it is the New Year.
(Throws glass from him.)
Begone from my sight, thou demon of hell!
Boys, here they come![1463] there they go! Ah, the spell
Is o’er. I’m afire![1464] See! It shoots[1465] from my eyes!
I am burning within![1466] There[1467] the red demon lies.
What angel is this?[1468] ’Tis my Bessie to see
If my word has been kept about ending this spree—