stay

Put away those clapping hands.
Clasp instead in quiet.
Retreat from the rattle of raving bands.
Shrink from the shriek of sonic riot.
Silence will sound the loudest,
silence the proud, the proudest.
Stay in the still in secret.
Hearken to his naked yawp.
Let the roar of the king crumble and fall
the jangling din, the deafening wall.
Stay in the still in secret.
Surrender [...]

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