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Keep And Hold

from On The Battlements by Zanda Myrande

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How to rule responsibly, written by Kaichang and Verneen. Tollain would like it known that he approached the task of banging the big drum in a thoroughly professional manner and it did not take ten minutes to persuade him to stop. Whatever anyone says. Verneen plays a gemshorn on this track. We didn't know gems had horns.

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KEEP AND HOLD

Child, listen well, to what I tell,
You are the heir to all I bear,
When I am dead, my body cold,
All shall be yours to keep and hold.

All of this land, from hill to strand,
Forest and field, and all they yield,
Crops in the granary, kine in the fold,
All shall be yours to keep and hold.

Metal men mine, it shall be thine,
Men quarry stone, this too you own,
Copper and silver, gems and gold,
All shall be yours to keep and hold.

And those who toil, upon your soil,
Women and men, and their chil-dren,
Hale and the halting, young and old,
All shall be yours to keep and hold.

Compassion and care must mark my heir,
No worthy lord need fear the sword,
But those who betray their sacred vow
They are gone hence; who names them now?   

Know this you must, you rule in trust,
Steward you stand, to all this land,
Never complain you were not told,
Else shall you neither keep nor hold.

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from On The Battlements, released March 15, 2019

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Zanda Myrande Westbury, UK

Zanda Myrande is still recovering from the trauma of being Zander Nyrond for several decades. She has only come out online at this point, for reasons which may be apparent from the picture above, but she proudly embraces her trans identity while still giving house room to Zander and the rest of the deadbeats who populate her head.

Lives in Wiltshire and has better friends than she deserves. ... more

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