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Passing where the willows quiver
By the ever-rolling; river.
Swollen with the summer rain;
Threading long and leafy mazes,
Dotted with unnumbered daisies,
Sealing rough and rugged passes,
Climb the hardy little lasses.
Till the bright seashore they gain.
By the ever-rolling; river.
Swollen with the summer rain;
Threading long and leafy mazes,
Dotted with unnumbered daisies,
Sealing rough and rugged passes,
Climb the hardy little lasses.
Till the bright seashore they gain.
Edith.
Let us gayly tread the measure,
Make the most of fleeting pleasure,
Hail it as a true ally.
Though it perish by and by.
Let us gayly tread the measure,
Make the most of fleeting pleasure,
Hail it as a true ally.
Though it perish by and by.
All.
Hail it as a true ally.
Though it perish by and by.
Hail it as a true ally.
Though it perish by and by.
Edith.
Every moment brings a treasure
Of its own especial pleasure :
Though the moments quickly die,
(Dance.) Greet them gayly as they fly.
Of its own especial pleasure :
Though the moments quickly die,
(Dance.) Greet them gayly as they fly.
Kate.
Far away from toil and care,
Revelling in fresh sea-air.
Here we live and reign alone.
In a world that's all our own.
Far away from toil and care,
Revelling in fresh sea-air.
Here we live and reign alone.
In a world that's all our own.
Here, in this our rocky den.
Far away from mortal men.
We'll be queens and make decrees:
They may honor them who please.
Far away from mortal men.
We'll be queens and make decrees:
They may honor them who please.
All.
Let us gayly tread the measure, etc.
Kate. What a picturesque spot! I wonder where we are!
Edith. And I wonder where papa is? We have left him ever so far behind.
Isabel. Oh, he will be here presently. Remember, poor papa is not as young as we are, and we came over a rather difficult country.
Kate. But how thoroughly delightful it is to be so entirely alone! Why, in all probability we are the first human beings who ever set foot on this enchanting spot.
