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The Magdalen
Anonymous
Late 17th. Century
Polly once so prone to sin
Now retires to pray and spin,
To pray, to spin, to pray and spin,
O Piety most rare!
For frailties, for frailties past,
To sigh, to sigh and fast,
To sigh, to sigh, to sigh and fast,
A penance most severe -------
And yet alas, and yet alas!
The truth to tell, to sin again,
To sin again, to sin again, to sin again
She'd like full well.
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