Too Soon.
Scene—The Pit door of the Lyceum.
Time—Ten minutes before 7.30 on a winter’s evening.
O let us out, the heat stifles us sore,
O pray open kindly behind us the door,
Too soon, too soon, ye cannot get out yet.
“Too long,” groaned we, for that we do repent:
Let us pass out, have mercy and relent,
No, no, too soon, ye cannot get out yet.