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ACT II
No. 11: Introduction and Chorus
Same Scene by Moonlight.
The Fairies, all but SELENE and DARINE, are discovered
discontentedly watching the entrance to SELENE's bower.
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Mezzos & Altos. |
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For many an hour
Within her bower |
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With Ethais philandering, |
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Our excellent Queen
No doubt has been |
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In roseate dreams, |
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No doubt has been |
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In roseate dreams meandering. |
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So very unfit
We must admit |
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Is anything but |
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respectable! |
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Is anything but |
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respectable! |
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So very unfit
We must admit |
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Is anything but respectable! |
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For many an hour
Within her bower |
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With Ethais philandering, |
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Our excellent Queen
No doubt has been |
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In roseate dreams, In roseate dreams |
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No doubt has been |
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In roseate dreams meandering. |
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As a matter of fact
A risky act, |
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So obviously detectable — |
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Is anything but |
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respectable! |
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Is anything but, |
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So very unfit
We must admit |
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Is anything but respectable! |
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For many an hour
Within her bower |
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With Ethais philandering, |
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Our excellent Queen
No doubt has been |
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In roseate dreams meandering. |
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For many an hour
Within her bower |
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With Ethais philandering, |
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Our excellent Queen
No doubt has been, |
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In roseate dreams meandering. |
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A Fairy Queen who dares conventionality
despise,
To put it very mildly, is exceedingly unwise.
Here is an act to which we cannot close our eyes,
And must excite our indignation and surprise. |
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Our indignation, indignation, |
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Mezzos & Altos. |
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And must excite our indignation
 and
surprise. |
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And must excite our indignation,
indignation
and surprise. |
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For many an hour
Within her bower |
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With Ethais philandering, |
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Our excellent Queen
No doubt has been |
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In roseate dreams meandering. |
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For many an hour
Within her bower |
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With Ethais philandering, |
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Our excellent Queen
No doubt has been, |
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In roseate dreams meandering. |
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'Tis anything but respectable!
'Tis anything but respectable! |
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So very unfit
We must admit, |
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Is anything but respectable! |
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