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v. Simple past tense and past participle of refrain.

"But, oh, I know I raised my face in frank answer to the thunder and trumpets of the message unspoken, and that, had it been death for that one look and that one moment I could not have refrained from the gift of myself that must have been in my face and eyes, in the very body of me that breathed so high."

refrained    refraining    refrains   

holdback    abstain    stand-by    sit out    save   

refrained    refraining   

restrain    curb    govern    hold back    abstain   

Alane    Aquitaine    Ayn    Bahrain    Biscayne   

cadence    chant    melody    sing    wail