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(THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, INAUGURATED NEW YEAR'S DAY 1901)
Her hand was still on her sword-hilt, the spur was still on her heel, / She had not cast her harness of grey war-dinted steel; / High on her red-splashed charger, beautiful, bold, and browned, / Bright-eyed out of the battle, the Young Queen rode to be crowned.