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Chorus Sacerdotum. From the temple to your home May a thousand blessings come! And a sweet concurring stream Of all joys to join with them. Chorus Juvenum. Happy Day, Make no long stay Here In thy sphere; But give thy place to Night, That she, As thee, May be Partaker of this sight. And since it was thy care To see the younglings wed, 'Tis fit that Night the pair Should see safe brought to bed. Chorus Senum. Go to your banquet then, but use delight, So as to rise still with an appetite. Love is a thing most nice, and must be fed To such a height, but never surfeited. What is beyond the mean is ever ill: 'Tis best to feed Love, but not overfill; Go then discreetly to the bed of pleasure, And this remember, virtue keeps the measure.

Nice dainty.