Original Plays, Second Series

by W. S. Gilbert

It is shady—it is shady;

I don’t see at what you’re driving,

Mystic lady—mystic lady,

(Aside.)Stern conviction’s o’er me stealing,

That the mystic lady’s dealing

In oracular revealing.

But. (aside).Stern conviction’s o’er him stealing,

That the mystic lady’s dealing

In oracular revealing.

Both.Yes, I know