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（Since 1935 the following song has been usually omitted）
SONG （Lady Blanche）
〃Come； mighty Must！〃
Blanche： Come mighty Must！
Inevitable Shall！
In thee I trust。
Time weaves my coronal！
Go； mocking Is！
Go； disappointing Was！
That I am this
Ye are the cursed cause！
Ye are the cursed cause！
Yet humble second shall be first；
I wean
And dead and buried be the curst
Has Been！
Oh； weak Might Be！
Oh； May； Might； Could； Would； Should！
How pow'rless ye
For evil or for good！
In ev'ry sense
Your moods I cheerless call。
Whate'er your tense
Ye are imperfect all。
Ye have deceiv'd the trust I've shown
In ye！
Ye have deceiv'd the trust I've shown
In ye！
I've shown in ye！
Away！ The Mighty Must alone
Shall be！
＇Exit
Lady Blanche
＇Enter Hilarion； Cyril； and Florian； climbing over wall； and creep…
ing cautiously among the trees and rocks at the back
of
the stage。＇
TRIO （Cyril； Hilarion and Florian）
〃Gently； gently〃
All： Gently； gently；
Evidently
We are safe so far；
After scaling
Fence and paling；
Here； at last； we are！
Florian： In this college；
Useful knowledge
Ev'rywhere one finds；
And already；
Growing steady；
We've enlarged our minds
Cyril： We learnt that prickly cactus
Has power to attract us
When we fall。
All： When we fall！
Hilarion： That nothing man unsettles
Like a bed of stinging nettles；
Short or tall。
All： Short or tall！
Florian： That bull…dogs feed on throttles
That we don't like broken bottles
On a wall。
All： On a wall！
Hilarion： That spring…guns breathe defiance！
And that burglary's a science
After all！
All： After all！
Florian： A Woman's college！ maddest folly going！
What can girls learn within its walls worth
knowing？
I'll lay a crown （the Princess shall decide it）
I'll teach them twice as much in half…an…hour
outside it。
Hilarion： Hush； scoffer； ere you sound your puny thunder；
List to their aims； and bow your head in wonder！
They intend to send a wire
To the moon
Cyril &
Florian： To the moon；
Hilarion： And they'll set the Thames on fire
Very soon
Cyril &
Florian： Very soon；
Hilarion： Then they'll learn to make silk purses
With their rigs
Cyril &
Florian： With their rigs。
Hilarion： From the ears of Lady Circe's
Piggy…wigs
Cyril &
Florian： Piggy…wigs。
Hilarion： And weasels at their slumbers
They trepan
Cyril &
Florian： They trepan；
Hilarion： To get sunbeams from cucumbers
They've a plan
Cyril
& Florian： They've a plan。
Hilarion： They've a firmly rooted notion
They can cross the Polar Ocean；
And they'll find Perpetual Motion；
If they can
All： If they can。
These are the phenomena
That ev'ry pretty domina
Is hoping at her Universitee we shall see。
These are the phenomena
That ev'ry pretty domina
Is hoping at her Universitee we shall see！
Cyril： As for fashion； they forswear it；
So they say
Hilarion &
Florian： So they say；
Cyril： And the circle they will square it
Some fine day
Hilarion &
Florian： Some fine day；
Cyril： Then the little pigs they're teaching
For to fly
Hilarion &
Florian： For to fly；
Cyril： And the niggers they'll be bleaching；
By and by
Hilarion &
Florian： By and by！
Cyril： Each newly joined aspirant
To the clan
Hilarion &
Florian： To the clan
Cyril： Must repudiate the tyrant
Known as Man
Hilarion &
Florian： Known as Man。
Cyril： They'll mock at him and flout him；
For they do not care about him
And they're 〃going to do without him〃
If they can
All： If they can！
These are the phenomena
That ev'ry pretty domina
Is hoping at her Universitee we shall see。
These are the phenomena
That ev'ry pretty domina
Is hoping at her Universitee we shall see！
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；
And 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？