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Chaste virginity uncorrupted; Purity, innocence; A tender white rose by moonlight. So fragile, so easily uprooted, So quickly chilled by the frost, Cut down in haste by too eager hands And cast aside as fuel for the fire. Take care to whom you give yourself! And when the hour is nigh, This delicate bloom of glass Is wrapped in a band of gold–– Or else in bands of iron To steel against breakage... A mother’s heart is gentlest; All find comfort in her arms. She is soft, strong, safe; She will grow you for the better. Even the childless may be called “Mother”; The motherless take refuge in her embrace. Children will know her best–– A lady they do not trust Is a lady to beware. The old wise woman With gnarled, skilled fingers And sagely words of insight From years of hard-earned knowledge; Only fools heed her not, And bring about their own destruction. She is heralded by the mighty; Her lips offer up good sense. She teaches patience and forethought; In every crease on her brow there lies