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[“Be good, be good!” the sisterhood]
“Be good, be good!” the sisterhood
Cry out in holy chorus,
And, to dissuade from sin, parade
Their various charms before us.
Cry out in holy chorus,
And, to dissuade from sin, parade
Their various charms before us.
But why, O why, has ne'er an eye
Seen her of winsome manner
And youthful grace and pretty face
Flaunting the White Cross banner?
Seen her of winsome manner
And youthful grace and pretty face
Flaunting the White Cross banner?
Now where's the need of speech and screed
To better our behaving?
A simpler plan for saving man
(But, first, is he worth saving?)
To better our behaving?
A simpler plan for saving man
(But, first, is he worth saving?)
Is, dears, when he declines to flee
From bad thoughts that beset him,
Ignores the Law as 't were a straw,
And wants to sin—don't let him.
From bad thoughts that beset him,
Ignores the Law as 't were a straw,
And wants to sin—don't let him.
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