Poor wandering ones! Though ye have surely strayed, Take heart of grace, Your steps retrace, Poor wandering ones! Poor wandering ones! If such poor love as ours Can help you find True peace of mind, Why, take it, it is yours! ALL: Poor wandering ones! etc. END OF OPERA PRINCESS IDA OR CASTLE ADAMANT libretto by William S. Gilbert music by Arthur S. Sullivan DRAMATIS PERSONAE King Hildebrand Hilarion (His son) Hilarion's friends: Cyril Florian King Gama His sons: Arac Guron Scynthius Princess Ida (Gama's daughter) Lady Blanche (Professor of Abstract Science) Lady Psyche (Professor of Humanities) Melissa (Lady Blanche's Daughter) Girl Graduates: Sacharissa Chloe Ada Soldiers, Courtiers, "Girl Graduates," "Daughters of the Plough," etc. ACT I Pavilion in King Hildebrand's Palace ACT II Gardens of Castle Adamant ACT III Courtyard of Castle Adamant ACT I. SCENE. Pavilion attached to King Hildebrand's Palace. Soldiers and courtiers discovered looking out through opera-glasses, telescopes, etc., Florian leading. CHORUS AND SOLO (Florian) "Search throughout the panorama" Chorus: Search throughout the panorama For a sign of royal Gama, Who to-day should cross the water With his fascinating daughter— Ida is her name. Some misfortune evidently Has detained them — consequently Search throughout the panorama For the daughter of King Gama, Prince Hilarion's flame! Prince Hilarion's flame! SOLO - Florian Florian: Will Prince Hilarion's hopes be sadly blighted? Chorus: Who can tell? Who can tell? Florian: Will Ida break the vows that she has plighted? Chorus: Who can tell? Who can tell? Florian: Will she back out, and say she did not mean them? Chorus: Who can tell? Florian: If so, there'll be the deuce to pay between them!