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QUEEN: Iolanthe!
From thy dark exile thou art summoned!
Come to our call--
Come, come, Iolanthe!
CELIA: Iolanthe!
LEILA: Iolanthe!
CHORUS: Come to our call, Iolanthe!
Iolanthe, come!
IOLANTHE: With humbled breast
And every hope laid low,
To thy behest,
Offended Queen, I bow!

QUEEN: For a dark sin against our fairy laws
We sent thee into lifelong banishment;
But mercy holds her sway within our hearts:
Rise! Rise! thou art pardoned!

IOLANTHE: Pardoned!
CHORUS: Pardoned!

Welcome to our hearts again,
Iolanthe! Iolanthe!
We have shared thy bitter pain,
Iolanthe! Iolanthe!

Every heart and every hand
In our loving little band
Welcomes thee to Fairyland,
Iolanthe!
Iolanthe! Iolanthe!
Iolanthe! Iolanthe!

By Arthur Sullivan
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Iolanthe No 2 - Invocation
Lyrics
Celia
Leila
Iolanthe
Queen
Sopranos
Contraltos
Right Hand
Left Hand