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ACT II

No. 13: TRIO (Hilarion, Cyril & Florian)
"I am a maiden, cold and stately"


Hilarion.
I am a maiden, cold and stately,
  Heartless I, with a face divine.
What do I want with a heart, innately?
  Ev'ry heart I meet is mine!
Ev'ry heart I meet is mine, is mine!

All.
Haughty, humble, coy, or free,
  Little care I what maid may be.
So that a maid is fair to see,
  Ev'ry maid is the maid for me!
 
Dance.


Cyril.
I am a maiden, frank and simple,
  Brimming with joyous roguery;
Merriment lurks in ev'ry dimple
  Nobody breaks more hearts than I!
Nobody breaks more hearts, more hearts than I!

All.
Haughty, humble, coy, or free,
  Little care I what maid may be.
So that a maid is fair to see,
  Ev'ry maid is the maid for me!
 
Dance.
Florian.
I am a maiden coyly blushing,
  Timid am I as a startled hind;
Ev'ry suitor sets me flushing,
Ev'ry suitor sets me flushing:
  I am the maid that wins mankind!
All.
Haughty, humble, coy, or free,
  Little care I what maid may be.
So that a maid is fair to see,
  Ev'ry maid is the maid for me!
Haughty, humble, coy, or free,
  Little care I what maid may be.
So that a maid is fair to see,
  Ev'ry maid is the maid for me!

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