Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

A nun of winter's sisterhood kisses not more religiously; the
very ice of chastity is in them.

A nun of winter's sisterhood kisses not more religiously; the
very ice of chastity is in them.

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.

Then she rode forth, clothed on with chastity:
The deep air listen'd round her as she rode,
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Then she rode forth, clothed on with chastity:
The deep air listen'd round her as she rode,
And all the low wind hardly breathed for fear.

Lord, Make me chaste, but not yet

Lord, Make me chaste, but not yet

'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.

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

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?