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The sign is given; mighty the sign: Tapu! All murmurs now, speech, voice Subdue: inviolable let evening be.

Inviolable and consecrate: Edgeways and staggering descends The sun; rain vanishes; A bonus of bright light comes back. Hawaii keeps the ordinance: Tapu! Even far Tahiti now is still, perhaps.

The Island's shelter-giving houses stand; The Chief withdraws, the sacred cup is his;