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TEMPERANCE SONG

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 20, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 20.

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TEMPERANCE SONG.

TOUCH NOT.

I will not touch that sparkling cup, Though dazzling bright it seem; Its hopes are April's changeful day, Delusive as its beam.

TASTE NOT.

I will not taste the rosy draught; 'Twould health and peace destroy; The sweeter rills from God's own hills Will satisfy my joy.

SMELL NOT.

I will not smell the blighting flower; Its scent shall never be A soothing balm to cheer my heart; 'Twould sorrow bring to me.

HANDLE NOT.

Thus neither touch nor taste will I, Nor smell nor handle ever; 'Twould steer the bark of youthful life To ruin's fatal river.
—Selected.