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 1 I     |                    I.1 PUT off, O Body, that Old Man 2 which
 2 I     |      return and wear thee out : O Body, hear my counsels !
 3 II    |         our Lord has made thee, O Body, new in water, and
 4 II    |         shrine He has renewed : O Body, if thou dost make
 5 VII   |        How light are thy wings, O Virginity, that soar 4 and
 6 VIII  |      acquired a weight of debt. O Body, do not borrow from
 7 IX    |         off ; do not be joined, O Body, with hateful love,
 8 XI    |  therein it turns and kills it. O Body, if thou give life
 9 XV    |                      XV. Learn, O Body, Repentance and not
10 XVI   |       that is in debt for sins. O Body, if thou hast accustomed
11 XX    |      help." For thine own self, O virginity, who is there
12 XXII  |         lying in wait for thee, O Virginity ! Thou didst enter
13 XXII  | treasure. Whither wilt thou go, O lonely Dove ? For lo, many
14 XXIII |     XXIII. The hunters of thee, O Virginity, that have hunted
15 XXIV  |                           XXIV. O Virginity, inexperienced
16 XXIV  |        for which he was hungry. O the Deceiver, who was seeking
17 XXVI  |      One alone is easy to heal. O Virginity, whose loss is
18 XXVIII|      The thief knows thy value, O Virginity, but thou didst
19 XXXVII|       XXXVII. Do not leave off, O Body, from the virginity
20 XL    |         tongues, thee forsooth, O lonely one, how it will
21 XLIV  |   unclean both of them lose it. O Pearl, that is greater than
22 XLVIII|                         XLVIII. O Youthfulness, mistress of (
23 XLIX  |                  XLIX. Lighten, O Youthfulness, thy course
24 L     |                       L. Paint, O Youthfulness, thy victories
25 LII   |    becomes the despised of all. O inexperience! do not shew
26 LIII  |                           LIII. O Eye ! let not the beauty