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 I'd disobey
 * Our fairy laws?

Because I fly
 * In realms above,

In tendency
 * To fall in love

Resemble I
 * The amorous dove?

(aside) Oh, amorous dove! Type of Ovidius Naso! This heart of mine Is soft as thine, Although I dare not say so! PS undefined On fire that glows
 * With heat intense

I turn the hose
 * Of common sense,

And out it goes
 * At small expense!

We must maintain
 * Our fairy law;

That is the main
 * On which to draw—

In that we gain
 * A Captain Shaw!

(aside) Oh, Captain Shaw! Type of true love kept under! Could thy Brigade With cold cascade Quench my great love, I wonder! PS undefined

PS undefined ((half crying.) I can't think why I'm not in better spirits! I'm engaged to two noblemen at once. That ought to be enough to make any girl happy. But I'm miserable! Don't suppose it's because I care for Strephon, for I hate him! No girl could care for a man who goes about with a mother considerably younger than himself!)

PS undefined (Phyllis! My darling!) PS undefined (Phyllis! My own!) PS undefined (Don't! How dare you? Oh, but perhaps you're the two noblemen I'm engaged to?) PS undefined (I am one of them.)