A Talisman

A Talisman

TAKE Temperance to thy breast,While yet is the hour of choosing,As arbitress exquisiteOf all that shall thee betide;For better than fortune’s bestIs mastery in the using,And sweeter than anything sweetThe art to lay it aside!

TAKE Temperance to thy breast,While yet is the hour of choosing,As arbitress exquisiteOf all that shall thee betide;For better than fortune’s bestIs mastery in the using,And sweeter than anything sweetThe art to lay it aside!

TAKE Temperance to thy breast,While yet is the hour of choosing,As arbitress exquisiteOf all that shall thee betide;For better than fortune’s bestIs mastery in the using,And sweeter than anything sweetThe art to lay it aside!

TAKE Temperance to thy breast,

While yet is the hour of choosing,

As arbitress exquisite

Of all that shall thee betide;

For better than fortune’s best

Is mastery in the using,

And sweeter than anything sweet

The art to lay it aside!


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