"She hating as a haynous crime the bonde of bridely bed Demurely casting downe hir eyes, and blushing somwhat red, Did folde about hir fathers necke with fauning armes, and sed: "Deare father, graunt me while I live my maidenhead for to have, As to Diana heretofore hir father freely gave." Thy father (Daphne) could consent to that thou doest require, But that thy beautie and thy forme impugne thy chaste desire."
Arthur Golding

January 1, 1970

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