Clouds (Classical Studies) Lines

MR. IVES: And these… might help you fit in…

Rise and soar eternal clouds

Lit your loveliness of rain

Let sodden splendor come

Arise!

For ether’s sleepless eye

Now breaks loose with blazoned light

Shake loose the rain

Immortal forms

And walk upon the world!

PHIL: Alright, alright. I get it.

No you do not!

. . . PHIL: Excuse me?

You heard our commands. Go forth from our beautiful sanctuary, and take your mindless babble with you.

. . . PHIL: But he would never agree to this, I already tried to convince him.

Wait—you just let him off the hook? You gave up on him like that?

. . . PHIL: What do you mean? That’s impossible! [aside] And I’m the stupid one…

Calm down, we are merely trying to help you. What if you offer him a challenge?

. . . CHORUS: What we’re trying to say is that you can make a bet with him.

For example, if you confidently state that he won’t last a day at our fine institution, then maybe he’ll try to prove you wrong.

. . . PHIL: Wait! Son, you need to take a show—

Oh it’s so nice / to worship vice. / This old man here / adores it so / he will not clear / the debts he owes. / But there’s no way / he will not fall / some time today, / done in by all / his trickeries, / he’ll quickly fear / depravities / he’s started here. / It seems to me / he soon will see / his clever son / put on the show / he wanted done.

. . . CHORUS: How else should such vital wisdom be passed on to mortals such as yourself? Your small, soft mind can find no path to understanding besides recognizing what makes you fail miserably.

In what other way could we guide you toward the most wonderful enlightenment, the beautiful knowledge of what it is we bring? Serenity everlasting is what awaits you once you understand the true value of the bountiful liberal arts education, and nothing in the vast vacuums of time can-