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 All in all since that fond meeting
 * When, in joy, I woke to find

Mine the heart within thee beating,
 * Mine the love that heart enshrined!

Thou the stream and I the willow—
 * Thou the sculptor; I the clay—

Thou the ocean; I the billow—
 * Thou the sunrise; I the day!

Exeunt together.

March. Enter Procession of Peers.

Loudly let the trumpet bray! Tantantara! Gaily bang the sounding brasses! Tzing! As upon its lordly way This unique procession passes, Tantantara! Tzing! Boom! Bow, bow, ye lower middle classes! Bow, ye tradesmen, bow, ye masses! Blow the trumpets, bang the brasses! Tantantara! Tzing! Boom! We are peers of highest station, Paragons of legislation, Pillars of the British nation! Tantantara! Tzing! Boom!

The Law is the true embodiment Of everything that's excellent. It has no kind of fault or flaw, And I, my lords, embody the Law. The constitutional guardian I Of pretty young Wards in Chancery, All very agreeable girls—and none Are over the age of twenty-one. A pleasant occupation for A rather susceptible Chancellor!

But though the compliment implied Inflates me with legitimate pride, It nevertheless can't be denied That it has its inconvenient side.