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RETREAT, by                    
First Line: Go into the silence, sons
Last Line: Bang crass and bid you wake.
Subject(s): Peace; Rest; Silence


Go into the silence, sons.
Go to the earth for a time;
Let verdure creep
And quiet heap
Great peace upon your rhyme.

Be a long time there, lads,
Be there till you ache
For louder songs
Where gaudy gongs
Bang crass and bid you wake.





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