Princess Ida. Or Castle Adamant. By W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. First performed January 5, Dramatis personae

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1 Princess Ida Or Castle damant By W. S. Gilbert and rthur Sullivan First performed January 5, 1884 Dramatis personae King Hildebrand Hilarion (His son) Hilarion's friends: Cyril Florian King Gama His sons: rac Guron Scynthius Princess Ida (Gama's daughter) Lady Blanche (Professor of bstract Science) Lady Psyche (Professor of Humanities) Melissa (Lady Blanche's Daughter) Girl Graduates: Sacharissa Chloe da Soldiers, Courtiers, "Girl Graduates," "Daughters of the Plough," etc.

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3 Contents ct I Introduction 1 1. Search throughout the panorama Florian and Chorus 3 2. Now hearken to my strict command Hildebrand and chorus Ida was a twelve month old Hilarion From the distant panorama Chorus We are warriors three rac, Guron, Scynthius, chorus If you give me your attention Gama and chorus ct I Finale Company 37 ct II 8. Towards the empyrean heights Psyche, Melissa, Sacharissa, women Mighty maiden with a mission women O goddess wise Princess 65 10a. nd thus to empyrean height Women Come mighty must Blanche Gently, gently Cyril, Hilarion, Florian I am a maiden Cyril, Hilarion, Florian The world is but a broken toy Princess, Cyril, Hilarion, Florian lady fair, of lineage high Psyche with Cyril, Hilarion, Florian The woman of the wisest wit Psyche, Melissa, Cyril, Hilarion, Florian Now wouldn t you like to rule the roast Melissa and Blanche Merrily ring the luncheon bell Blanche, Cyril, women Would you know the kind of maid? Cyril ct II Finale ll but Gama 138 ct III 21. Death to the Invader Melissa and Women I built upon a rock Princess Whene er I spoke sarcastic joke Gama and Women When anger spreads his wing Chorus of Ladies and Soldiers This helmet I suppose rac with Scynthius, Guron and chorus This is our duty plain Chorus ct III Finale Company 199 Note: This is the Beta-14 of this edition of the score, June 26, Please report all corrections to Jim Cooper, jim@labsoftware.com

4 Vivace 7 13 Princess Ida Introduction Sullivan 20 B ndante expressivo 1

5 E D cresc. C cresc. ad lib dim. riten. ttaca 2

6 1. Search throughout the panorama Florian and Chorus (Scene: Pavilion attached to King Hildebrand's Palace. Florian, Courtiers and Soldiers discovered.) llegro moderato 13 dim. S 26 T B Search through - out the pa - no - ra - ma S T B 36 For a sign of Roy - al Ga - ma, Who to - day should cross the wa - ter 3

7 S T B S T B S T B With his name. tained them fas - cin - a - ting daugh - ter I - unis. Some mis unis. da is her - for - tune e - vi - dent - ly Has de - con - se - quent - ly Search through - out the pa - no - ra - ma For the 4

8 S T B Florian S T B Florian S T B daugh - ter of King Ga - ma, Prince Hi - lar - ion's flame! Prince Hi -lar - ion's flame! con forza Who can tell? Who can hopes be sad-ly blight-ed? I - da Will tell? Florian Will Prince Hi break the - lar - ion's vows that she has 5

9 Florian S 96 plight- ed? Will she back out, and say she did not T B Who can tell? Who can tell? Florian S T B 104 mean them? Who can tell? If so, there'll be the deuce to pay be - tween them! No, no S T B 112 we'll not des-pair, we'll not des-pair, For Ga-ma would not dare To 6

10 S T B 121 make a dead-ly Of Hil - de - foe brand, and so, dim. S 129 T B Search through out the pa - no - ra - ma For a sign of Roy - al S T B 137 Ga - ma, Who to - day should cross the wa -ter with his fas - cin - a - ting daugh - ter cresc cresc cresc 7

11 S T B 146 I - da I - da is her name. 158 (Enter King Hildebrand, with Cyril.) Hildebd: See you no sign of Gama? Florian: None, my liege! Hildebd: It's very odd indeed. If Gama fail To put in an appearance at our Court Before the sun has set in yonder west, nd fail to bring the Princess Ida here To whom our son Hilarion was betrothed t the extremely early age of one, There's war between King Gama and ourselves! (aside to CYRIL) Oh, Cyril, how I dread this interview! It's twenty years since he and I have met. He was a twisted monster all awry s though Dame Nature, angry with her work, Had crumpled it in fitful petulance! 8

12 Cyril: Hildebd: Florian: Hildebd: Florian: Hildebd: But, sir, a twisted and ungainly trunk Often bears goodly fruit. Perhaps he was kind, well-spoken gentleman? Oh, no! For, adder-like, his sting lay in his tongue. (His sting is present, though his stung is past.) (looking through glass) But stay, my liege; o'er yonder mountain's brow Comes a small body, bearing Gama's arms; nd now I look more closely at it, sir, I see attached to it King Gama's legs; From which I gather this corollary That that small body must be Gama's own! Ha! Is the Princess with him? Well, my liege, Unless her highness is full six feet high, nd wears mustachios too and smokes cigars nd rides en cavalier in coat of steel I do not think she is. One never knows. She's a strange girl, I've heard, and does odd things! Come, bustle there! For Gama place the richest robes we own For Gama place the coarsest prison dress For Gama let our best spare bed be aired For Gama let our deepest dungeon yawn For Gama lay the costliest banquet out For Gama place cold water and dry bread! For as King Gama brings the Princess here, Or brings her not, so shall King Gama have Much more than everything much less than nothing! 9

13 2. Now hearken to my strict command Hildebrand and Chorus llegro con brio 5 Hildebrand 1. Now heark-en to my S T B 11 strict com-mand On ev - 'ry hand, on ev - 'ry hand. To To your com-mand, On your com-mand, On ev - 'ry hand, We ev - 'ry hand, We 10

14 16 If Hildebrand Ga - ma bring the Prin -cess here, Give him good cheer, S du - ti-ful - ly bow! T B du - ti-ful - ly bow! 21 S give him good cheer. If she come here We'll give him a cheer, nd we will show you T B If she come here We'll give him a cheer, nd we will show you 11

15 S 25 how. Hip, hip, hur - rah! Hip, hip, hur - rah! Hip, hip, hur - rah! hur-rah! hur - rah! We'll T B how. Hip, hip, hur - rah! Hip, hip, hur - rah! Hip, hip, hur - rah! hur-rah! hur - rah! We'll S T B 30 shout and sing Long shout and sing Long live live the King, nd his the King, nd his daugh-ter too, daugh-ter too, I I trow! trow! Then Then shout ha! ha! shout ha! ha! S T B 35 hip, hip, hur-rah! hip, hip, hur-rah! Hip, Hip, hip, hip, hip, hip! hur hip, hip! hur - - rah! rah! For the For the 12

16 S T B 40 fair fair Prin-cess and her Prin-cess and her good pa -pa. Hur - good pa -pa. Hur - rah! rah! hur hur - - rah! rah! 46 Hildebrand 2. But 53 if he fails to keep his troth, Up - on our oath, we'll trounce them both! S T B He'll He'll trounce them both, Up- trounce them both, Up- 13

17 58 We'll shut him up in a dun - geon cell, nd S on his oath, s sure as quar - ter day! T B on his oath, s sure as quar - ter day! 63 S T B toll his knell on a fu -ne-ral bell. From From dun -geon cell, dun -geon cell, His His fu -ne-ral knell Shall fu -ne-ral knell Shall strike him with strike him with dis- dis- 14

18 S T B 68 may! may! Hip, hip, hur - rah! Hip, hip, hur - rah! Hip, hip. hur - rah! Hip, hip. hur - rah! Hip, hip, hur - rah! hur-rah! hur - rah! Hip, hip, hur - rah! hur-rah! hur - rah! s s S T B 73 up we string the up we string the faith -less King, In the faith -less King, In the old fa -mil - iar old fa -mil - iar way! way! We'll We'll shout ha! ha! shout ha! ha! S T B 78 hip, hip, hur-rah! hip, hip, hur-rah! Hip, hip, Hip, hip, hip, hip, hur hip, hip, hur - - rah! rah! s we s we 15

19 S 83 make an end of her false pa - pa! Hur - rah! hur - T B make an end of her false pa -pa! Hur - rah! hur - S T B 87 rah! rah! (Exeunt all) 16

20 8 1 (Enter Hilarion) 3. Ida was a twelve month old Hilarion Hilarion Lento To-day we meet, my ba-by bride and I But ah, hopes are bal-anced by my fears! What trans-mu - ta -tions have been con-jured by The si-lent my 24 Moderato al -che-my of twen -ty years! 17

21 I - da was a twelve -month old, Twen -ty years a - I was twice her age, I'm told, Twen - ty years a - go! go! 38 Hus - band twice as old as wife r - gues ill for mar - ried life. 42 Bale - ful pro - phe - sies were rife, Twen -ty years a - go! cresc. dim. 18

22 46 Twen - ty years a - go! 2. Still, I was a ti - ny 51 prince Twen -ty years a - go. She has gained up-on me, since 56 Twen -ty years a - go. Though she's twen - ty one, it's true, 60 I am bare - ly twen - ty - two False and fool - ish pro - phets you, cresc. 19

23 64 Twen-ty years a - go! Twen -ty years a - go! dim. (Enter HILDEBRND) Hilarion: Well, father, is there news for me at last? Hildebd: King Gama is in sight, but much I fear With no Princess! Hilarion: las, my liege, I've heard That Princess Ida has forsworn the world, nd, with a band of women, shut herself Within a lonely country house, and there Devotes herself to stern philosophies! Hildebd: Then I should say the loss of such a wife Is one to which a reasonable man Would easily be reconciled. Hilarion: Oh, no! Or I am not a reasonable man. She is my wife - has been for twenty years! (Holding glass) I think I see her now. Hildebd: Ha! Let me look! Hilarion: In my mind's eye, I mean - a blushing bride ll bib and tucker, frill and furbelow! How exquisite she looked as she was borne, Recumbent, in her foster-mother's arms! How the bride wept - nor would be comforted Until the hireling mother-for-the-nonce dministered refreshment in the vestry. nd I remember feeling much annoyed That she should weep at marrying with me. But then I thought, These brides are all alike. You cry at marrying me? How much more cause You'd have to cry if it were broken off! These were my thoughts; I kept them to myself, For at that age I had not learnt to speak. (Exeunt HILDEBRND and HILRION)(Enter COURTIERS) 20

24 4. From the distant panorama Chorus llegro moderato cresc. S 13 From the T B S T B 25 dim. dis - tant pa - no - ra - ma Come the sons of roy - al Ga - ma. They are 21

25 S T B S T B he - ralds e - vi - dent - ly, nd are sa - cred con - se - Sons of Ga - ma, cresc. hail! oh, hail! quent ly. 53 ttacca 22

26 5. We are warriors three rac, Scynthius, Guron and Chorus (Enter rac, Guron and Scynthius) staccato dim 5 rac We are war-riors three, Sons of Ga -ma Rex, 9 Like most sons are we Mas-cu -line in sex 13 Guron Scynth Yes, yes, yes, Yes, yes, yes, Yes, yes, yes, Mas -cu -line in sex. Mas -cu -line in sex. Mas -cu -line in sex. 23

27 17 rac Po -li -tics we bar, They are not our bent; 6 21 On the whole we are Not in - tel - li - gent No, no, no, Not in -tel -li-gent. Guron 6 Scynth No, no, no, No, no, no, Not in -tel -li-gent. Not in -tel -li-gent. 28 rac But with dough-ty heart 3 staccato

28 32 35 and with trust - y blade, Yes, yes, yes, Guron Scynth 3 3 Yes, yes, yes, Yes, yes, yes, fight-ing is our trade. Fight-ing is our trade. Fight-ing is our trade. Fight-ing is our trade. 3 3 we can play our part Piu vivo rac, Guron, Scynth. Bold and fierce and strong, ha! ha! For a war we burn. With its right or 25

29 48 wrong ha! ha! We have no con - cern. Or - der comes to fight, ha! ha! 53 Or-der is o -beyed, We are men of might, ha! ha! Fight ing is our trade. yes, yes, yes, Fight-ing is our trade, ha! 65 ha! S T B They are men of might, ha! ha! Fight - ting is their trade. Or - der comes to 26

30 70 ha! ha! S T B fight, ha! ha! Or - der is o - beyed. Or - der comes to fight, 75 Fight ing - S T B Or -der is o - beyed, Fight ing 27

31 81 is, yes, yes, yes, Fight-ing is our trade, ha! ha! S T B is their trade. 87 ttacca 28

32 6. If you give me your attention Gama and Chorus (Enter King Gama) llegro non troppo 7 Gama 1. If you give me your at-ten-tion, I will 12 tell you what I am: I'm a gen -nu -ine phi -lan -thro-pist, all o -ther kinds are sham. Each 15 lit - tle fault of tem - per and each so -ci -al de-fect In my er - ring fel -low crea-tures, I en - 29

33 18 deav-or to cor-rect. To all their lit - tle weak-ness -es I o - pen peo-ple's eyes; nd 21 lit - tle plans to snub the self - suf - fi -cient I de-vise; I love my fel - low crea-tures I do 24 all the good I can, Yet ev -'ry-bo-dy says I'm such a dis-a-gree-able man! nd I can't think why! To com -pli-ments in - fla -ted I've a 30

34 32 wi-ther-ing re-ply, nd va-ni-ty I al-ways do my best to mor-ti-fy; cha -ri-ta-ble ac-tion I can 36 skill -ful -ly dis-sect; nd in -ter -est -ed mo-tives I'm de - light -ed to de -tect; I know 39 ev -'ry -bo-dy's in -come and what ev -'ry -bo -dy earns; nd I care-ful -ly com-pare it with the 42 in -come tax re-turns; But to be -ne -fit hu-man -i - ty how - ev -er much I plan, Yet 31

35 45 ev -'ry -bo -dy says I'm such a dis -a-greea-ble man! nd I can't think why! I'm sure I'm no as-cet-ic; I'm as plea-sant as can be; You'll 53 al -ways find me rea -dy with a crush-ing re -par -tee, I've an ir - ri -tat -ing chuck -le, I've a 56 cel -e-brat-ed sneer, I've an en-ter-tain-ing snig-ger, I've a fas -ci-nat-ing leer. To ev -'ry-bo-dy's pre-jud-ice I 32

36 60 know a thing or two; I can tell a wo-man's age in half a min-ute and I do. But al- 63 though I try to make myself - as pleasant - as I can, Yet ev'ry - -bo-dy says I am a dis-a -greeable - man! nd I S T B 67 can't think why! He can't think why! I can't think He can't think why! why! 71 33

37 (Enter Hildebrand, Hilarion, Cyril and Florian.) Gama: So this is Castle Hildebrand? Well, well! Dame Rumour whispered that the place was grand; She told me that your taste was exquisite, Superb, unparalleled! Hildebnd: (Gratified) Oh, really, King! Gama: (To FLORIN) Florian: Gama: Cyril: But she's a liar! Why, how old you've grown! Is this Hilarion? Why, you've changed too You were a singularly handsome child! re you a courtier? Come, then, ply your trade, Tell me some lies. How do you like your King? Vile rumour says he's all but imbecile. Now, that's not true? My lord, we love our King. His wise remarks are valued by his court s precious stones. nd for the self-same cause. Like precious stones, his sensible remarks Derive their value from their scarcity! Come now, be honest, tell the truth for once! Tell it of me. Come, come, I'll harm you not. This leg is crooked this foot is ill-designed This shoulder wears a hump! Come, out with it! Look, here's my face! Now, am I not the worst Of Nature's blunders? Nature never errs. To those who know the workings of your mind, Your face and figure, sir, suggest a book ppropriately bound. Gama: (Enraged) Why, harkye, sir, How dare you bandy words with me? Cyril: To bandy aught that appertains to you. No need Gama: (Furiously) Do you permit this, King? Hildebd: We are in doubt Whether to treat you as an honoured guest 34

38 Or as a traitor knave who plights his word nd breaks it. Gama: (Quickly) If the casting vote's with me, I give it for the former! Hildebd: Gama: Hildebd: Gama: We shall see. By the terms of our contract, signed and sealed, You're bound to bring the Princess here to-day: Why is she not with you? nswer me this: What think you of a wealthy purse-proud man, Who, when he calls upon a starving friend, Pulls out his gold and flourishes his notes, nd flashes diamonds in the pauper's eyes? What name have you for such an one? Just so. The girl has beauty, virtue, wit, Grace, humour, wisdom, charity and pluck. Would it be kindly, think you, to parade These brilliant qualities before your eyes? Oh no, King Hildebrand, I am no snob! snob. Hildebd: (Furiously) Stop that tongue, Or you shall lose the monkey head that holds it! Gama: Hildebd: Gama: Cyril: Gama: Cyril: Bravo! Your King deprives me of my head, That he and I may meet on equal terms! Where is she now? (Threatening) In Castle damant, One of my many country houses. There She rules a woman's University, With full a hundred girls, who learn of her. hundred girls! hundred ecstasies! But no mere girls, my good young gentleman; With all the college learning that you boast, The youngest there will prove a match for you. With all my heart, if she's the prettiest! 35

39 (To FLORIN) Gama: Florian: Gama: Cyril: Fancy, a hundred matches all alight! That's if I strike them as I hope to do! Despair your hope; their hearts are dead to men. He who desires to gain their favour must Be qualified to strike their teeming brains, nd not their hearts. They're safety matches, sir, nd they light only on the knowledge box So you've no chance! nd there are no males whatever in those walls? None, gentlemen, excepting letter mails nd they are driven (as males often are In other large communities) by women. Why, bless my heart, she's so particular She'll hardly suffer Dr. Watts's hymns nd all the animals she owns are "hers"! The ladies rise at cockcrow every morn h, then they have male poultry? Gama: Not at all, (Confidentially) The crowing's done by an accomplished hen! 36

40 7. ct I Finale Gama, Hildebrand, Cyril, Hilarion, rac, Guron, Scynthius and Chorus llegro llegro Gama 1. P'raps if you ad dress the la -dy Most po-lite-ly. Most po-lite-ly, Flat-ter and im - press the la -dy, Most po-lite-ly, most po-lite-ly, hum-bly beg and hum bly sue, She may deign to look on you, But your do -ing 20 rit. you must do Most po-lite -ly, most po-lite -ly, most po - lite - ly! 37

41 S T B S T B Hum bly beg and hum bly sue, She may deign to most po-lite -ly, most po - lite - Hildebrand look on you, ly! But your do ing you must do Most po-lite-ly, 2. Go you and in - form the la-dy, Most po-lite-ly, most po-lite-ly, If she don't, we'll storm the la-dy, Most po-lite-ly, most po-lite-ly! You'll re -main as hos-tage here; Should Hi -lar -ion dis-ap pear, 38

42 53 We will hang you, rit. ne-ver fear, Most po-lite-ly, most po-lite-ly, most po - lite - ly! S T B S T B You'll re -main as hos-tage here; Should Hi -lar -ion dis-ap-pear We will hang you, ne-ver fear, Most po-lite - ly, most po-lite - ly, most po - lite - ly! (Gama, rac, Guron and Scynthius are marched off in custody, Hildebrand following.) 39

43 73 78 Hilarion recit. recit. a tempo Come, Cy ril Flo-rian, gage; Our course is But plain, we will use no Tomorrow morn fair I da we'll en force her love to a tempo 81 gain, Na - ture, Na - ture has armed us for the war we wage! 86 llegretto grazioso Ex -pres-sive glan - ces Shall be our 40

44 S T B S T B lan - ces nd pops of Sil - le-ry Our light ar - til - le-ry. We'll storm their bow - ers with scent-ed show 98 - ers of fair -est flow - ers that we can buy! Oh, dain-ty tri - o - let! Oh, frag-rant vi - o - let! Oh, gen - tle heigh - o - let (Or lit - tle sigh). On sweet ur - 41

45 101 Cyril S T B 105 ban -i - ty, Though mere in - a -ni -ty, To touch their va - ni - ty We will re - ly! fa When day is - ding, With se -re - na - ding nd such fri - vol -i -ty We'll prove our qual -i-ty. sweet pro fu - sion Of soft al - lu - sion This bold in - tru - sion Shall just -ti - fy! This bold in- 42

46 113 S T B tru -sion Shall jus-ti - fy. Oh, dain ty tri -o -let! Oh, frag rant vi -o -let! Oh, gen-tle S T B 118 heigh-o -let (Or lit -tle sigh)! On sweet ur -ban -i -ty, Though mere in -a -ni -ty, To touch their 122 Florian S T B va - ni - ty We will re - ly! We'll charm their sens - es with ver-bal fen - ces, With bal-lads 43

47 a - ma -to - ry nd de - cla-ma -to -ry, Lit-tle heed - ing their pret -ty plead - ing Our love ex - ceed - ing We'll jus -ti - fy! Our love ex - ceed - ing We'll jus - ti - fy! S T B Oh, dain ty tri-o-let! Oh, frag rant vi-o-let! Oh, gen tle heigh o-let (Or lit-tle sigh)! On sweet ur- 44

48 S T B 139 ban -i -ty, Though mere in - a -ni -ty, To touch their va - ni - ty We will re - ly! Oh dain-ty 143 Hilarion & Cyril S T B tri Oh o - -let! Oh, frag -rant vi - o - let! Oh, gen tle heigh -o- let (Or lit-tle dain ty tri - - -o - sigh)! let. Oh dain-ty S T B 147 tri - o - let! Oh fra grant vi - o - let! Oh gen-tle heigh -o - let (Or lit - tle Florian Oh fra Oh gen-tle heigh -o - let (Or lit - tle - - grant vi o - let. Oh dain-ty 45 sigh). sigh).

49 S T B 151 tri-- o let! Oh fragrant vi-- o let! Oh dainty tri -o-let! Oh fra -grant vio - tri rit. - o - let Oh dainty Oh dainty tri -o-let! Oh fra -grant vio - tri -o-let! Oh fra -grant vio - llegro (This 6 measure fanfare is not part of the original score but was added later, possibly by Sullivan, for a specific staging.) let! let! let! (Re-enter Gama, rac, Guron and Scynthius heavily ironed, followed by Hildebrand.) 46

50 168 Gama recit. Must we, till then, in pri-son cell be thrust? This seems un -ne-ces sa-ri- Hildebrand ly se vere! rac, Guron, Scynth. Hear, hear! You must! llegro vivace rac, Guron, Scynth. For a dun - geon cell; Grow ing thin and wiz-en In a so -li -ta -ry pri son, Is a month to dwell In a poor look out For a sol-dier stout, Who is long ing for the rat-tle Of a com pli-ca-ted bat tle, Yes, is long ing for the rat-tle Of a 47

51 com-pli -ca -ted bat-tle, For the rum-tum -tum Of the mi -li -ta -ry drum, nd the Hilarion & Cyril guns that go boom! S T B boom! The rum -tum -tum Of the mi -li -ta -ry drum, Rum - tum - tum - tum-my tum-my Gama, Hild, Flor, rac, Guron, Scynth. The The rum -tum -tum Of the mi -li -ta -ry drum, Rum - tum - tum - tum-my tum-my rum -tum -tum Of the mi -li -ta -ry drum, Rum - tum - tum - tum-my tum-my S T B 193 tum my tum my tum! Who is tum my tum my tum! Who is tum my tum my tum! Who is long ing for the rat tle Of a long ing for the rat tle Of a long ing for the rat tle Of a com pli ca ted bat tle, nd the com pli ca ted bat tle, nd the com pli ca ted bat tle, nd the rum-tum -tum run -tum -tum rum-tum -tum Of the Of the Of the 48

52 S T B 197 mi-li -ta-ry drum, tum! Prr, prr, prr, ra -pum - pum. When Hi- mi-li -ta-ry drum, tum! Prr, prr, prr, ra -pum - mi-li -ta-ry drum, tum! Prr, prr, prr, ra -pum - pum. pum. Hildebrand 202 la -rion's bride Has at length com -plied With the just con -di-tions Of our re - qui - si -tions, You may 206 go in haste nd in - dulge your taste For the fas -ci -na-ting rat-tle Of a com-pli -ca -ted bat-tle, Yes, the 49

53 210 fas -ci-nat-ing rat-tle Of a com-pli -ca-ted bat-tle, For the rum-tum-tum Of the mi-li -ta -ry drum, nd the 214 Hilarion & Cyril S T B S T B guns that go boom! cresc. 219 boom! rac, Gur, Scyn & men The rum-tum-tum Of the mi-li-ta-ry drum, Rum - tum-tum-tum my tum my Hild. and Flor. The tum my tum my tum! Who is tum my tum my tum! Who is tum my tum my tum! Who is tum my tum my tum! Who is The The rum-tum-tum Of the mi-li-ta-ry drum, Rum - tum-tum-tum my tum my rum-tum-tum Of the mi-li-ta-ry drum, Rum - tum-tum-tum my tum my rum-tum-tum Of the mi-li-ta-ry drum, Rum - tum-tum-tum my tum my long ing for the rat tle Of a long ing for the rat tle Of a long ing for the rat tle Of a long ing for the rat tle Of a com pli ca ted bat tle, nd the com pli ca ted bat tle, nd the com pli ca ted bat tle, nd the com pli ca ted bat tle, nd the run -tum-tum run -tum-tum run -tum-tum run -tum-tum Of the Of the Of the Of the 50

54 S T B 223 Hilarion & Cyril mi-li-ta-ry drum, tum! Prr, prr, prr, ra -pum - pum. Hild. and Flor. mi-li-ta-ry drum, tum! Prr, prr, prr, ra -pum - pum. mi-li-ta-ry drum, tum! Prr, prr, prr, ra -pum - pum. mi-li-ta-ry drum, tum! Prr, prr, prr, ra -pum - pum. But But But But till that time you'll till that till that time you'll till that time we'll 228 S T B here re - main, nd bail we will not en ter tain Should she out man-date time you'll here re here re - main, nd bail we will not en - ter tain. Should she our man-date here re - main, nd bail they will not en - ter tain. Should she his man-date - main, nd bail we will not en - ter - tainshouldshe our 51

55 232 Hilarion & Cyril S T B dis - o - bey, Your lives the pen - al - ty will Hild. and Flor. man -date dis - o - bey, Your lives the pen - al - dis - o - bey, Your lives the pen - al - ty will dis - o - bey, Our - - lives the pen al ty will pay! ty pay! pay! But will But But till that time you'll pay! But till that till that time you'll till that time we'll 236 S T B here re main, nd time you'll here re here re - main, nd bail we will not en - ter - tain, Should she our man-date here re - main, nd bail they will not en - ter - tain, Should she his man-date bail we will not - main, nd bail we will not en - ter - en - ter - tain, Should she our man-date tain,shouldshe our 52

56 S T B 240 dis - o - bey, Your lives the pen - al - ty will man - date dis - o - bey, Your lives the pen - al - dis - o - bey, Your lives the pen - al - ty will dis - o - bey, Our lives the pen - al - ty will pay! Should she our ty will pay! Should pay! Should she our pay! Should she his 243 S T B man-date dis - o bey, The pen -al - she our man-date dis - o - bey, The pen - al - ty man-date dis - o - bey, The pen -al man-date dis - o - bey, The pen -al ty your lives ty your lives ty our lives will your will will pay! lives pay! pay! 53

57 (End of ct I) 54

58 ct II 8. Towards the empyrean heights Psyche, Melissa, Sacharissa and Chorus (Scene - Gardens in Castle damant. river runs across the back of the stage, crossed by a rustic bridge. Castle damant in the distance. Girl graduates discovered seated at the feet of Lady Psyche.) llegro grazioso 1 11 S S To -wards the em -py - re - To -wards the em -py - re - Of ev' -ry kind of lore, We've tak -en sev' -ral ea - Of ev' -ry kind of lore, We've tak -en sev' -ral ea - sy flights sy flights an heights an heights nd mean to nd mean to 55

59 S 35 take some more. In try -ing to a - chieve suc-cess No en - vy racks our take some more. In try -ing to a - chieve suc-cess No en - vy racks our S heart, heart, nd nd all the know-ledge we possess, - We mu-tual -ly im-part. all the know-ledge we possess, - We mu-tual -ly im-part. Melissa Pray, what auth-ors should she read Who in Clas-sics would suc- 56 ceed? staccato Psyche If you'd climb the He - li-con, 56

60 61 You should read - na - cre-on, O - vid's Me - ta - mor - pho-ses, Like-wise - ris to - pha-nes, nd the works of Ju - ve-nal: These are worth at - ten - tion, all; But you will be ad - If 76 vised, You will get them Bowd - ler-ized! 57

61 S 81 h! we will get them Bow - dler-ized! h! we will get them Bow - dler-ized! 85 Sacharissa Pray you, tell us, if you can, What's the thing that's known as Man is not at Man? all good form Psyche Man will swear, and Man will storm Man is of no kind of use. 58

62 S Man's a don-key, Man's a goose Man is coarse and Man is plain. Man is more or less in-sane. Man's a ri -bald Man's a rake, Man is na-ture's sole mis - take! We'll a cresc. We'll a S 117 me - mo - ran - dum make. Man is na - ture's sole mis - me - mo - ran - dum make. Man is na - ture's sole mis

63 S 120 take! nd thus to em-py -re - an height Of ev -'ry take! nd thus to em-py -re - an height Of ev -'ry S 125 kind of lore, In In search of wis-dom's pure de - light, am-bi-tious - ly we soar. kind of lore, search of wis-dom's pure de-light, am-bi-tious - ly we soar. S 132 In try -ing to a - chieve suc-cess No en - vy racks our heart, In try -ing to a - chieve suc-cess No en - vy racks our heart, 60

64 S S S For For all we know and all we know and all all we guess, know-ledge we pos -sess, We mu-tual - ly we guess, We mu-tual - ly im-part! We mu-tual - ly im-part! know-ledge we pos -sess, We mu-tual - ly im - part, We - - ly im - im im - - part! part! im - part, We mu -tual - ly im - mu tual nd all the nd all the part, part, 61

65 (Enter LDY BLNCHE. ll stand up demurely) Blanche: ll: Blan.: Sach.: Blan.: ttention, ladies, while I read to you The Princess Ida's list of punishments. The first is Sacharissa. She's expelled! Expelled! Expelled, because although she knew No man of any kind may pass our walls, She dared to bring a set of chessmen here! (Crying) I meant no harm; they're only men of wood! They're men with whom you give each other mate, nd that's enough! The next is Chloe. Chloe: h! Blan.: ll: (Horrified) Chloe will lose three terms, for yesterday, When looking through her drawing-book, I found sketch of a perambulator! Oh! Blan.: Double perambulator... ll: Blan.: Oh, oh!...shameless girl! That's all at present. Now, attention, pray; Your Principal the Princess comes to give Her usual inaugural address To those young ladies who joined yesterday. 62

66 9. Mighty maiden with a mission Chorus Soprano lto ndante Might-y maid -en with a mis-sion, Par - a -gon of com-mon Might-y maid -en with a mis-sion, Par - a -gon of com-mon S S 6 12 sense, sense, see; We are Run-ning fount of e-rudition, - - Mi-ra-cle of e-lo - quence, Run-ning fount of e-rudition, - - Mi-ra-cle of e-lo - quence, bound, and would be free; We are We are 63 dumb, dumb, We are and we would and we would blind, and we would talk, talk, We are We are

67 S 17 lame, and we would walk. (Enter the Princess) Might-y maid-en with a mis-sion, Par - a-gon of com-mon lame, and we would walk. Might-y maid-en with a mis-sion, Par - a-gon of com-mon S 22 sense; Run -ning fount of e - rudi - - tion, Mir - a - cle of e - lo-quence, of sense; Run -ning fount of e - rudi - - tion, Mir - a - cle of e - lo-quence, of S 27 el el lo lo quence! quence! 64

68 10. O goddess wise Princess Oh Mi-ner - va! Mi - ner - va! hear me: ndante expressivo Oh, god - dess wise That lov - est Light. En - dow un come - il-lum-ined eyes. t this my call, fer - to woo The rays cresc. that from thee fall, 65 dim. that from thee fall. with sight Their vent few have Oh, god-dess

69 28 wise That lov - est light That lov-est light Let fer -vent rall. rall. a tempo words and 35 fer - vent thoughts be mine, That I may lead them to thy sac-red shrine! 41 Let fer -vent words and fer-vent thoughts be mine, That I may lead them to thy cresc. molto 47 sa - cred shrine, I may lead them to thy sa-cred shrine, thy sa - cred 66 shrine!

70 Princess: Women of damant, fair Neophytes Who thirst for such instruction as we give, ttend, while I unfold a parable. The elephant is mightier than Man, Yet Man subdues him. Why? The elephant Is elephantine everywhere but here (tapping her forehead), nd Man, whose brain is to the elephant's s Woman's brain to Man's (that's rule of three) Conquers the foolish giant of the woods, s Woman, in her turn, shall conquer Man. In Mathematics, Woman leads the way; The narrow-minded pedant still believes That two and two make four! Why, we can prove, We women -- household drudges as we are That two and two make five or three or seven; Or five and twenty, if the case demands! Diplomacy? The wiliest diplomat Is absolutely helpless in our hands. He wheedles monarchs Woman wheedles him! Logic? Why, tyrant Man himself admits It's waste of time to argue with a woman! Then we excel in social qualities: Though man professes that he holds our sex In utter scorn, I venture to believe He'd rather pass the day with one of you, Than with five hundred of his fellow-men! In all things we excel. Believing this, hundred maidens here have sworn to place Their feet upon his neck. If we succeed, We'll treat him better than he treated us: But if we fail, why, then let hope fail too! Let no one care a penny how she looks Let red be worn with yellow blue with green Crimson with scarlet violet with blue! Let all your things misfit, and you yourselves t inconvenient moments come undone! Let hair-pins lose their virtue: let the hook Disdain the fascination of the eye The bashful button modestly evade The soft embraces of the button-hole! Let old associations all dissolve, Let Swan secede from Edgar Gask from Gask, Sewell from Cross Lewis from llenby! In other words, let Chaos come again! (Coming down) Who lectures in the Hall of rts today? 67

71 Blanche: Princess: Blan.: Princess: I, madam, on bstract Philosophy. There I propose considering, at length, Three points The Is, the Might Be, and the Must. Whether the Is, from being actual fact, Is more important than the vague Might Be, Or the Might Be, from taking wider scope, Is for that reason greater than the Is: nd lastly, how the Is and Might Be stand Compared with the inevitable Must! The subject's deep how do you treat it, pray? Madam, I take three possibilities, nd strike a balance then between the three: s thus: The Princess Ida Is our head, the Lady Psyche Might Be Lady Blanche, Neglected Blanche, inevitably Must. Given these three hypotheses -- to find The actual betting against each of them! Your theme's ambitious: pray you bear in mind Who highest soar fall farthest. Fare you well, You and your pupils! Maidens, follow me. 68

72 10a. nd thus to empyrean height Princess and women S nd thus to em-py -re - an height Of ev -'ry kind of lore, nd thus to em-py -re - an height Of ev -'ry kind of lore, S 8 In search of wis - dom's pure de-light, m-bi-tious - ly we soar, nd all the In S 14 search of wis - dom's pure de-light, m-bi-tious - ly we soar, know-ledge we pos -sess, We mu-tual -ly im - part we mu -tual - ly nd all the im part, know-ledge we pos -sess, We mu-tual -ly im - part we mu -tual - ly im part, 69

73 S 22 im - part. im - part. (Exeunt PRINCESS and maidens. Manet LDY BLNCHE.) Blan.: I should command here I was born to rule, But do I rule? I don't. Why? I don't know. I shall some day. Not yet, I bide my time. I once was Some One and the Was Will Be. The Present as we speak becomes the Past, The Past repeats itself, and so is Future! This sounds involved. It's not. It's right enough. 70

74 11. Come mighty Must! Blanche 8 trust. ndante Come migh - ty Must! In - e - vi-ta-ble Shall! In thee Time weaves my co -ro - nal! Go mock - ing Is! Go dis-ap-point-ing I Was! cause! That I cresc. am dolce dolce this Yet hum - ble se - Ye cond are the cur -sed cause! Ye are the cur-sed shall be first, I ween; dim. nd dead and 71

75 26 31 bur- ied be the curst Has Been! Oh May, Might, Could, Would, Oh dolce Should! weak How Might Be! pow'r less 34 ye For e vil or for good! 37 In ev 'ry sense Your moods I cheer - less 72

76 40 call. What - e'er your tense Ye are Im-per-fect, all! 45 dolce Ye have de dolce - ceiv'd the trust I've shown In ye! Ye have de-ceiv'd the piu 50 trust I've shown In ye! I've shown in ye! - way! The Migh - ty 56 Must a - lone shall be! 73 (Exit Lady Blanche)

77 (Enter Hilarion, Cyril and Florian) llegro con moto 12. Gently, gently Cyril, Hilarion & Florian 7 12 cresc dim. 74

78 Cyr Hil Flo 25 Gen tly, Gen tly, Gen tly, gen-tly. Ev - i - dent-ly We are safe so far, f -ter scal -ing Fence and gen-tly. Ev - i - dent-ly We are safe so far, f -ter scal -ing Fence and gen-tly. Ev - i - dent-ly We are safe so far, f -ter scal -ing Fence and Cyr 31 pal - ing, Here, at last, we are! Hil Flo pal - ing, Here, at last, we are! Florian pal - ing, Here, at last, we are! In this col - lege Use-ful know ledge Ev - 'ry - Flo 36 where one finds nd al - rea -dy Grow-ing stea-dy, We've en - larg'd our 75

79 Cyr 41 Cyril We've learn't that prick -ly cac -tus has the pow - er to at - Flo minds. Cyr 44 Hil Flo tract us When we fall. Hilarion When we When we fall! fall! That no -thing man un - Cyr 47 Hil Short or tall! Flo set - tles like a bed of sting -ing net - tles Short or tall. Short or tall! 76

80 Cyr Hil Flo 50 That bull dogs feed on throt tles that we don't like brok-en bot - tles On a wall On On a a Cyr 53 Hil wall. wall. That spring-guns breathe de - fi -ance! nd that bur -gla -ry's a Cyr 56 Hil f - ter all! Flo sci - ence f - ter all! f - ter all! wom an's col-lege! Mad dest fol -ly 77

81 Flo 59 Florian go ing! What can girls learn with - in these walls worth know ing? Flo 64 I'll lay a crown.. The Prin - cess shall de - cide it. I'll Flo 68 teach them twice as much in half an hour out side it! Hil 72 Hilarion recit. a tempo recit. Hush, scof fer; ere you sound your pu -ny thun - der, List to their 78

82 Hil 76 a tempo aims, and bow your head in won -der! They in - tend to send a wire to the Cyr 80 Hil to the moon; ve - ry soon Flo moon, nd they'll set the Thames on fire Ve - ry soon Then they to the moon; ve - ry soon; Cyr Hil Flo 83 learn to make silk pur - ses with their rigs. From the ears of La -dy Cir-ce's Pig-gy with their rigs; with their rigs; 79

83 Cyr Hil Flo 86 pig -gy wigs; they tre-pan; wigs; nd pig -gy wigs; they tre-pan; wea - sels at their slum -bers they tre - pan; To get Cyr Hil Flo Cyr sun-beams from cu -cum-bers, They've a plan They've a firm -ly root-ed no-tion they can they've a plan; they've a plan; Hil if they can. Flo cross the po -lar o -cean, nd they'll find Per - pe - tual mo -tion, if they can, if they can. if they can. 80

84 Cyr 95 These are the phe-no-me-na that ev-ry pret-ty do-mi-na Is hop ing at her U -ni-ver-si - Hil Flo These are the phe-no-me-na that ev-ry pret-ty do-mi-na Is hop ing at her U -ni-ver-si - These are the phe-no-me-na that ev-ry pret-ty do-mi-na Is hop ing at her U -ni-ver-si - Cyr 99 Hil tee we shall see. These are the phe -no -me -na that ev - ry pret -ty do - mi - na Is Flo tee tee we shall see. we shall see. These are the phe -no -me -na that ev - ry pret -ty do - mi - na Is These are the phe -no -me -na that ev - ry pret -ty do - mi - na Is 81

85 Cyr 102 Hil hop-ing at her Un -i -ver -si - tee we shall see! s for Flo Cyr Hil 106 hop-ing at her Un -i -ver -si - hop-ing at her Un -i -ver -si - tee tee we shall see! we shall see! fa -shion, they for -swear it, So they say nd the cir -cle they will square it Some fine Flo so they say so they say 82

86 Cyr 109 Hil day nd the fact is that they're teach -ing pigs to fly nd they'll Flo Some fine day Some fine day Pigs to fly; Pigs to fly; Cyr Hil 112 prac - tice what they'repreach -ing by and bye Each new -ly joined as -pi -rant to the Flo By and bye! By and by! Cyr Hil Flo 115 clan to to the clan the clan Must re - pud -i -ate the ty -rant Known as 83 Man They Known as Man Known as Man

87 Cyr Cyr mock Cyril at him and flout him, For they do not care a-bout him, nd they're going to do with out him if they Hil Flo can, if they can! if they can! if they can These are the phe-no-me-na that ev'rypretty - - domina - - Is These are the phe-no-me-na that ev'rypretty - - domina - - Is These are the phe-no-me-na that ev'rypretty - - domina - - Is Cyr Hil Flo 125 hop-ing at her U -ni -ver -si - tee we shall see. These are the phe -no -me -na that hop-ing at her U -ni -ver -si - tee we shall see. These are the phe -no -me -na that hop-ing at her U -ni -ver -si - tee we shall see. These are the phe -no -me -na that 84

88 Cyr Hil Flo 128 ev -'ry pret ty do-mi -na Is hop ing at her U-ni-ver si - tee we shall see! In this col -lege ev -'ry pret ty do-mi -na Is hop ing at her U-ni-ver si - tee we shall see! In this col -lege ev -'ry pret ty do-mi -na Is hop ing at her U-ni-ver si - tee we shall see! In this col -lege Use ful Use ful Use ful Cyr 133 Hil Flo know -ledge Ev - 'ry - where one finds nd al - rea - dy Grow - ing know -ledge Ev - 'ry where one finds nd al - rea - dy Grow - ing know -ledge Ev - 'ry where one finds nd al - rea - dy Grow - ing 85

89 Cyr 137 Hil stea-dy, we've en - larg'd our minds we've en - larg'd our minds. Flo stea-dy, we've en - larg'd our minds we've en - stea-dy, we've en - larg'd our minds we've en - larg'd larg'd our our minds. minds. 143 Hilarion: So that's the Princess Ida's castle! Well, They must be lovely girls, indeed, if it requires Such walls as those to keep intruders off! Cyril: To keep men off is only half their charge, nd that the easier half. I much suspect The object of these walls is not so much To keep men off as keep the maidens in! Florian: But what are these? (Examining some Collegiate robes) Hilarion: (looking at them) Why, academic robes, Worn by the lady undergraduates When they matriculate. Let's try them on. (They do so.) Why, see we're covered to the very toes. Three lovely lady undergraduates Who, weary of the world and all its wooing (pose) Florian: Cyril: nd penitent for deeds there's no undoing (pose) Looked at askance by well-conducted maids (pose) ll: Seek sanctuary in these classic shades! 86

90 13. I am a maiden Cyril, Hilarion & Florian llegro vivace dim. Hil 10 Hilarion 1. Iam a mai - den cold and state - ly, Heart less I, with a face di- Hil Hil 19 vine. 28 mine! Ev - 'ry What do I heart want with a I meet heart is in - nate - ly? Ev - mine, is 'ry mine! heart I meet is 87

91 Cyr 37 Hil Haugh ty, hum ble, coy, or free, Lit tle care I what maid may be. Flo Haugh ty, hum ble, coy, or free, Lit tle care I what maid may be. Haugh ty, sempre hum ble, coy, or free, Lit tle care I what maid may be. Cyr Hil 45 So that a maid is fair to see, Ev - 'ry maid is the maid for me! Flo So that So that a a maid maid is is fair fair to to see, see, Ev - 'ry Ev - 'ry maid is the maid is the maid for maid for me! me! 54 Dance dim. 88

92 Cyr 63 Cyril 2. I am a mai - den, frank and sim - ple, Brim ming with joy - ous ro gue ry; Cyr 72 Mer - ri ment lurks in ev - 'ry dim - ple, No - bo dy breaks more hearts than I! Cyr Cyr No - bo dy breaks more hearts, more hearts than I! Hil Haugh ty, hum ble, coy, or free, Lit tle care I what maid may be. Flo Haugh ty, hum ble, coy, or free, Lit tle care I what maid may be. Haugh ty, sempre hum ble, coy, or free, 89 Lit tle care I what maid may be.

93 Cyr Hil 97 So that a maid is fair to see, Ev - 'ry maid is the maid for me! Flo So that So that a a maid maid is is fair fair to to see, see, Ev - 'ry Ev - 'ry maid is the maid is the maid for maid for me! me! Dance 106 dim. Flo 116 Florian 3. I am a maid -en coy - ly blush ing. Ti-mid am I as a star -tled hind; Ev - 'ry Flo 126 suit - or sets me flush - ing, Ev -'ry suit - or sets me flush - ing: I am the maid 90

94 Cyr 136 Hil Haugh ty, hum ble, coy, or free, Flo Haugh ty, hum ble, coy, or free, that wins man - kind! Haugh ty, hum ble, coy, or free, Cyr Hil Flo 145 Lit-tle care I what maid may be. So that a maid is fair to see, Ev - 'ry Lit-tle care I what maid may be. So that a maid is fair to see, Ev - Lit-tle care I what maid may be. So that a maid is fair to see, Ev - 'ry 'ry 91

95 Cyr Hil Flo 154 maid is the maid is the maid is the maid maid maid for for for me! me! me! Haugh ty, Haugh ty, Haugh ty, hum ble, hum ble, hum ble, coy, coy, coy, or or or free, free, free, Lit-tle Lit-tle Lit-tle care care care Cyr Hil 162 I what maid may be. So that a maid is fair to see, Ev - 'ry maid is the Flo I I what what maid maid may may be. be. So that a So that a maid maid is is fair fair to to see, see, Ev - 'ry Ev - 'ry maid is the maid is the 92

96 Cyr 171 Hil maid for me! Flo maid for me! maid for me! Dance

97 [Enter the PRINCESS, reading. She does not see them.) Florian: Hilarion: But who comes here? The Princess, as I live! What shall we do? (side) Why, we must brave it out! (loud) Madam, accept our humblest reverence. (They bow, then suddenly recollecting themselves, curtsey.) Princess: Hilarion: (Surprised) We greet you, ladies. What would you with us? (side to CYRIL) What shall I say? (loud) We are three students, ma'am, Three well-born maids of liberal estate, Who wish to join this University. (HILRION and FLORIN curtsey again. CYRIL bows extravagantly, then, being recalled to himself by FLORIN, curtseys.) Princess: Florian: Princess: Hilarion: Princess: Florian: If, as you say, you wish to join our ranks, nd will subscribe to all our rules, 'tis well. To all your rules we cheerfully subscribe. You say you're noblewomen. Well, you'll find No sham degrees for noblewomen here. You'll find no sizars here, or servitors, Or other cruel distinctions, meant to draw line 'twixt rich and poor; you'll find no tufts To mark nobility, except such tufts s indicate nobility of brain. s for your fellow-students, mark me well: There are a hundred maids within these walls, ll good, all learned, and all beautiful: They are prepared to love you: will you swear To give the fullness of your love to them? Upon our words and honours, Ma'am, we will! But we go further: Will you undertake That you will never marry any man? Indeed we never will! 94

98 Princess: Hilarion: Cyril: Hilarion: Princess: Hilarion: Princess: Cyril: Consider well, You must prefer our maids to all mankind! To all mankind we much prefer your maids! We should be dolts indeed, if we did not, seeing how fair (side to CYRIL) Take care that's rather strong! But have you left no lovers at your home Who may pursue you here? No, madam, none. We're homely ladies, as no doubt you see, nd we have never fished for lover's love. We smile at girls who deck themselves with gems, False hair and meretricious ornament, To chain the fleeting fancy of a man, But do not imitate them. What we have Of hair is all our own. Our colour, too, Unladylike, but not unwomanly, Is Nature's handiwork, and man has learnt To reckon Nature an impertinence. Well, beauty counts for naught within these walls; If all you say is true, you'll pass with us happy, happy time! If, as you say, hundred lovely maidens wait within, To welcome us with smiles and open arms, I think there's very little doubt we shall! 95

99 14. The world is but a broken toy Princess, Cyril, Hilarion & Florian Prin Princess 6 ndante moderato The Princess world is but a bro-ken toy, Its plea - sure hol-low false its joy, Un - real its love-liest hue, -las! Its Prin Hil 11 pains a-lone are true, -las! Its pains a-lone are true! Hilarion The world is ev - 'ry-thing you 96

100 Hil 16 say, The world we think has had its day, Its mer - riment - is slow, -las! We've tried it and we dim. Prin Cyr 22 Un - real its love-liest hue, Its pains a-lone are Hil Flo know, -las! We've tried it, and we know. Un - real its love-liest hue, Its pains a-lone are Un - real its love-liest hue, Its pains a-lone are Un - real its love-liest hue, Its pains a-lone are 97

101 Prin Cyr 28 true! - las! The world is but a brok-en toy, Its plea - sure hol-low (* Gilbert wrote alternate lyrics for the men, but also authorized them to be dispensed with) Hil Flo true! true! The The world world is but a is but a brok-en toy, We free - brok-en toy, We free - ly give it ly give it true! The world is but a brok-en toy, We free - ly give it Prin Cyr Hil Flo 34 false its joy, Un up with joy, Un up with joy, Un up with joy, Un - real its love-liest hue, -las! Its pains a -lone are true, -las! - real its love-liest hue, -las! We quite a -gree with you, -las! - real its love-liest hue, -las! We quite a -gree with you, -las! - real its love-liest hue, -las! We quite a -gree with you, -las! Its We We We 98

102 Prin 39 pains a-lone are true! Cyr Hil Flo quite a-gree with you! Un - real its love-liest quite a-gree with you! Un - real its love-liest quite a-gree with you! Un - real its love-liest hue, Un - real its love-liest Prin Cyr 44 Un - real its love-liest hue, - las! - las! Its Hil hue! hue, Un las! - las! - las! - las! - real its love-liest hue! las! - las! - las! Its Its Flo hue! las! - las! - las! - las! dim. 99 Its

103 Prin 50 pains a - lone are true! Cyr Hil pains pains a a - - lone lone are are true! true! Flo pains a - lone are true!

104 (Exit PRINCESS. The three Gentlemen watch her off. LDY PSYCHE enters, and regards them with amazement) Hilarion: Psyche: I'faith, the plunge is taken, gentlemen! For, willy-nilly, we are maidens now, nd maids against our will we must remain. (side) These ladies are unseemly in their mirth. [ll laugh heartily.] (The gentlemen see her, and, in confusion, resume their modest demeanour.) Florian: Hilarion: Florian: Psyche: Florian: Psyche: Hilarion: Psyche: Hilarion: Cyril: (side) Here's a catastrophe, Hilarion! This is my sister! She'll remember me, Though years have passed since she and I have met! (side to FLORIN) Then make a virtue of necessity, nd trust our secret to her gentle care. (To PSYCHE, who has watched CYRIL in amazement) Psyche! Why, don't you know me? Florian! (mazed) Why, Florian! My sister! (Embraces her) Oh, my dear! What are you doing here and who are these? I am that Prince Hilarion to whom Your Princess is betrothed. I come to claim Her plighted love. Your brother Florian nd Cyril came to see me safely through. The Prince Hilarion? Cyril too? How strange! My earliest playfellows! Why, let me look! re you that learned little Psyche who t school alarmed her mates because she called buttercup ranunculus bulbosus? re you indeed that Lady Psyche, who t children's parties drove the conjurer wild, 101

105 Explaining all his tricks before he did them? Hilarion: re you that learned little Psyche, who t dinner parties, brought in to dessert, Would tackle visitors with You don't know Who first determined longitude I do Hipparchus* 'twas B. C. one-sixty-three! re you indeed that small phenomenon? Psyche: That small phenomenon indeed am I! But gentlemen, 'tis death to enter here: We have all promised to renounce mankind! Florian: Psyche: Cyril: Psyche: Renounce mankind!? On what ground do you base This senseless resolution? Senseless? No. We are all taught, and, being taught, believe That Man, sprung from an pe, is pe at heart. That's rather strong. The truth is always strong! * hip-par-kus 102

106 15. lady fair, of lineage high Psyche with Cyril, Hilarion & Florian Psyche llegretto grazioso pesante Psyche 1. La-dy fair, of lin-eage high, Was Psy 7 lov'd by an pe, in the days gone by. The Maid was ra - diant as the sun, The Psy 12 pe was a most un - sight-ly one The pe was a most un - sight-ly one So it would not do, 103

107 Psy 18 His scheme fell through, For the Maid, whenhis love took for -mal shape, Ex- Psy 23 press'd such ter-ror t his mon-strous er-ror, That he stam-mer'd an a - po-lo -gy and made his 'scape, The Psy 27 pic-ture of a dis -con - cert -ed pe. pesante 2. With a Psy 33 view to rise in the so -cial scale, He shav'd his bris-tles, and he dock'd his tail, He 104

108 Psy 38 grew mous - tach-ios, and he paid a gui-nea to a toi - let club. He took his tub, nd he Psy 42 paid a gui-nea to a toi-let club. But it would not do, The Scheme fell through. Psy 48 For the Maid was Beau - ty's fair - est Queen, With gold - en tress-es Like a Psy 52 real prin-cess 's, While the pe, de-spite his ra-zor keen, Was the - pi-est pe that ev-er was seen! 105