And his watch the peeler is keeping, love,

And you and I are

To be off and afar

Ere he at our actions be peeping, love.

So, awake! let it quickly be done, my dear;

For if he tired become, my dear,

He may turn on his light,

As on thieves in flight,

And take us two for one, my dear.

Diogenes, March 1854.