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Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.
Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.
'Tis chastity, my brother, chastity;
She that has that is clad in complete steel,
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'Tis chastity, my brother, chastity;
She that has that is clad in complete steel,
And, like a quiver'd nymph with arrows keen,
May trace huge forests, and unharbour'd heaths,
Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds;
Where, through the sacred rays of chastity,
No savage fierce, bandite, or mountaineer,
Will dare to soil her virgin purity.
Lord, Make me chaste, but not yet
Lord, Make me chaste, but not yet
Even from the body's purity, the mind
Receives a secret sympathetic aid.
Even from the body's purity, the mind
Receives a secret sympathetic aid.
An unattempted lady could not vaunt of her chastity.
An unattempted lady could not vaunt of her chastity.
As pure as a pearl,
And as perfect: a noble and innocent girl.
As pure as a pearl,
And as perfect: a noble and innocent girl.
Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
If she seem not chaste to me,
What care I how chaste she be?
If she seem not chaste to me,
What care I how chaste she be?
There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
