'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

There's a woman like a dew-drop,
She's so purer than the purest.

There's a woman like a dew-drop,
She's so purer than the purest.

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

That chastity of honour which felt a stain like a wound.

That chastity of honour which felt a stain like a wound.

Lord, Make me chaste, but not yet

Lord, Make me chaste, but not yet

So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity,
That, when a soul is found sincerely so,
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So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity,
That, when a soul is found sincerely so,
A thousand liveried angels lacky her,
Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt.

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.

A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.

A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.