So still the dew drops whispering

Is loud upon the violets;

Here in this garden of Pierrettes'

Where Pierrot waits, ah, hasten Sweet,

And hear; on dainty, tripping feet

She comes—the little, glad coquette.

"Ah thou, Pierrot?" "Ah thou, Pierrette?"

A kiss, nay, hear—a bird wakes, then

A silence—and they kiss again,

"Ah, Mesdames, have you quite forgot—"