Thus, so long as she refrains from adopting conscription, she can only carry on defensive warfare.
They fasted, they rejoiced; one hour they chilled themselves in the cemeteries, the next they rushed frantically through the streets singing Psalmic refrains.
Because Freud deliberately refrains from both these popular options, he has always come under fire from both sides of the equation.
It's an understated, slow-paced ballad with a pleasant melody, and some lovely acoustic guitar refrains.
The first quatrain furnishes four refrains which appear as the final lines of the following quatrains.