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John Donne Quotes: Take me to you, imprison me, for I, except you enthrall me, never shall be free, nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.
         

Take me to you, imprison me, for I, except you enthrall me, never shall be free, nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.


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