Till Richard Strauss and Hofmannsthal combined
To prove that she was very much maligned.
But now at last these cloistered days are o'er
And woman, breaking down her prison door,
Is free to take the middle of the floor.
No more for her indomitable soul
The meekly ministering angel rôle;
No more the darner of her husband's socks,
She takes delight in watching champions box,
Finds respite from the carking cares that vex us