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Nun, The

By James Henry Leigh Hunt

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Suggested By Part Of The Italian Song, Beginning "Se Moneca Ti Fai."                  I     If you become a nun, dear,         A friar I will be;     In any cell you run, dear,         Pray look behind for me.     The roses all turn pale, too;     The doves all take the veil, too;         The blind will see the show:     What! you become a nun, my dear!         I'll not believe it, no.                  II     If you become a nun, dear,         The bishop Love will be;     The Cupids every one, dear,         Will chaunt "We trust in thee";     The incense will go sighing,     The candles fall a dying,         The water turn to wine:     What! you go take the vows, my dear!         You may, but they'll be mine.

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About James Henry Leigh Hunt

Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) was an English critic, essayist, and poet who championed the Romantics. His poems "Jenny Kissed Me" and "Abou Ben Adhem" are among the most quoted short poems in English, and his literary criticism helped shape the Romantic movement.

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