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Me of my lawful pleasure she restrained
And prayed me oft forbearance--did it with
A pudency so read more
Me of my lawful pleasure she restrained
And prayed me oft forbearance--did it with
A pudency so rosy, the sweet view on't
Might well have warmed old Saturn--that I thought her
As chaste as unsunned snow.
Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.
Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.
There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
When a woman has lost her chastity, she will shrink from no
crime.
[Lat., Neque femina amissa pudicitia read more
When a woman has lost her chastity, she will shrink from no
crime.
[Lat., Neque femina amissa pudicitia alia abneurit.]
That chastity of honour which felt a stain like a wound.
That chastity of honour which felt a stain like a wound.
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.
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.
