That in this role you’re more than ever up a tree.

II.

There was a sound of smother’d glee that night,

And at the Lyceum was gathered then

A crowd expecting something rich and bright

The gas shone o’er stalls filled with first-night men;

The pitites coughed impatiently, and when

Music beneath the stage was heard, the swells

Began to fidget in their seats again,

And many wished the play had been the “Bells,”