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CHRISTIAN ETHICS: DELIGHTS AND PLEASURES by THOMAS TRAHERNE

Poet Analysis

First Line: ALL MUSIC, SAUCES, FEASTS, DELIGHTS AND PLEASURES
Last Line: IN TEMPERANCE THEIR SACRED BEAUTY FIND.
Subject(s): TEMPERANCE; PROHIBITION;

All music, sauces, feasts, delights and pleasures,
Games, dancing, arts, consist in governed measures;
Much more do words and passions of the mind
In temperance their sacred beauty find.



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