the sky" (Mabel, Frederic, and Chorus of Girls) 11. "Stay, we must not lose our senses" ... "Here's a first-rate opportunity to get married with impunity" (Frederic and Chorus of Girls and Pirates) 12. "Hold, monsters" (Mabel, Major-General, Samuel, and Chorus) 13. "I am the very model of a modern Major-General" (Major-General and Chorus) 14. Finale Act I (Mabel, Kate, Edith, Ruth, Frederic, Samuel, King, Major-General, and Chorus) "Oh, men of dark and dismal fate" "I’m telling a terrible story" "Hail, Poetry" "Oh, happy day, with joyous glee" "Pray observe the magnanimity" (reprise of "Here's a first-rate opportunity") Act II 15. "Oh, dry the glist'ning tear" (Mabel and Chorus of Girls) 16. "Then, Frederic, let your escort lion-hearted" (Frederic and Major-General) 17. "When the foeman bares his steel" (Mabel, Edith, Sergeant, and Chorus of Policemen and Girls) 18. "Now for the pirates' lair!" (Frederic, Ruth, and King) 19. "When you had left our pirate fold" [The "paradox" trio] (Ruth, Frederic, and King) 20. "Away, away! My heart's on fire!" (Ruth, Frederic, and King) 21. "All is prepar'd; your gallant crew await you" (Mabel and Frederic) 22. "Stay, Fred'ric, stay" ... "Ah, leave me not to pine" ... "Oh, here is love, and here is truth" (Mabel and Frederic) 23. "No, I'll be brave" ... "Though in body and in mind" (Reprise of "When the foeman bares his steel") (Mabel, Sergeant, and Chorus of Police) 23a. "Sergeant, approach!" (Mabel, Sergeant of Police, and Chorus of Police) 24. "When a felon's not engaged in his employment" (Sergeant and Chorus of Police) 25. "A rollicking band of pirates we" (Sergeant and Chorus of Pirates and Police) 26. "With cat-like tread, upon our prey we steal" (Samuel and Chorus of Pirates and Police) 27. "Hush, hush, not a word!" (Frederic, King, Major-General, and Chorus of Police and Pirates) 28. Finale, Act II (Ensemble) "Sighing softly to the river" "Now what is this, and what is that?" "You/We triumph now" "Away with them, and place them at the bar!" "Poor wandering ones!" Critical reception The notices from critics were generally excellent in both New York and London in 1880. In New York, the Herald and the Tribune both dedicated considerable space to their reviews. The Herald took the view that "the new work is in every respect superior to the Pinafore, the text more humorous, the music more elegant and more elaborate." The Tribune called