by John Donne (1572 - 1631)
Language: English
The cold white snowie Nunnery, (Which, as thy mother, their high Abbesse, sent Their bodies back again to thee, As thou hadst lent them, clean and innocent), Though they have not obtain'd of thee, That or thy Church, or I, Should keep, as they, our first integrity; Divorce thou sin in us, or bid it die, And call chaste widowhead Virginity.
Composition:
- Set to music by Andrew Downes (1950 - 2023), "The virgins", op. 11 no. 3 (1976), from Five Holy Songs, no. 3
Text Authorship:
- by John Donne (1572 - 1631), "The virgins", appears in A Litany, no. 12
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