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And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker claims that moral goodness can supply comfort even when one is poorly clothed and poor. Virtue is imagined as an inner warmth that outweighs material lack, so poverty is bearable when conscience is clear. It is the speaker's own consoling conviction rather than a proven fact.
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