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Mother, methinks
I scarce had liked that praise of convent life
Save that he speaks with reverence too of marriage:
The life of nuns must be a kind of marriage,
Marriage to One unseen.
I scarce had liked that praise of convent life
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The life of nuns must be a kind of marriage,
Marriage to One unseen.
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