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JUNE 29, 1911. ('On the re-assembling of Parliament after the Coronation, the / Government have no intention of allowing their followers to vote / according to their convictions on the Declaration of London, but / insist on a strictly party vote' -- _Daily Papers_.)
We were all one heart and one race / When the Abbey trumpets blew. / For a moment's breathing-space / We had forgotten you / Now you return to your honoured place / Panting to shame us anew.