What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish, a beast, a bird? (Pedro Calderón de la Barca)

What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish, a beast, a bird?

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

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