Aria da Capo by Edna St. Vincent Millay
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CORYDON: Jewels.
THYRSIS: Jewels?--And where did you ever get them? CORYDON: Oh, over here. THYRSIS: You mean to say you found them, By digging around in the ground for them? CORYDON: [Unpleasantly.] No, Thyrsis, By digging down for water for my sheep. THYRSIS: Corydon, come to the wall a minute, will you? I want to talk to you. CORYDON: I haven't time. I'm making me a necklace of red stones. THYRSIS: I'll give you all the water that you want, For one of those red stones,--if it's a good one. CORYDON: Water?--what for?--what do I want of water? THYRSIS: Why, for your sheep! CORYDON: My sheep?--I'm not a shepherd! THYRSIS: Your sheep are dying of thirst. CORYDON: Man, haven't I told you |
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