Comes a train of little ladies br From scholastic trammels free, br Each a little bit afraid is, br Wondering what the world can be! br br Is it but a world of trouble - br Sadness set to song? br Is its beauty but a bubble br Bound to break ere long? br br Are its palaces and pleasures br Fantasies that fade? br And the glory of its treasures br Shadow of a shade? br br Schoolgirls we, eighteen and under, br From scholastic trammels free, br And we wonder - how we wonder! - br What on earth the world can be!br br William Schwenck Gilbertbr br