'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.
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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.
We romantic writers are there to make people feel and not think. A historical romance is the only kind of read more
We romantic writers are there to make people feel and not think. A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
That chastity of honour which felt a stain like a wound.
That chastity of honour which felt a stain like a wound.
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.
Like the stain'd web that whitens in the sun,
Grow pure by being purely shone upon.
Like the stain'd web that whitens in the sun,
Grow pure by being purely shone upon.
'Tis Chastity, my brother, Chastity: She that has that, is clad in complete steel
'Tis Chastity, my brother, Chastity: She that has that, is clad in complete steel
A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
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.
