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Coronation Day
(June 22nd, 1911)
Let us be reverent though with hearts elate!
We stand upon the brink of holy things,
Beneath these human pageantries of State
Veiling allegiance to the King of Kings,
Whose power the Kings of earth impersonate.
We stand upon the brink of holy things,
Beneath these human pageantries of State
Veiling allegiance to the King of Kings,
Whose power the Kings of earth impersonate.
The time is long since tyranny's decease,
And worthy homage whom we hail to-day;
Worthy that Sire whose memory must increase
As more and more are counted kingliest they
That guide their people into paths of peace—
And worthy homage whom we hail to-day;
Worthy that Sire whose memory must increase
As more and more are counted kingliest they
That guide their people into paths of peace—
‘Gainst ignorance and vice that lead the van.
Wherefore with soul uplifted, lips that sing,
Beseech we Heaven—the while, as mortals can,
We crown the visible presence of our King—
To crown the King that reigns within the man!
Wherefore with soul uplifted, lips that sing,
Beseech we Heaven—the while, as mortals can,
We crown the visible presence of our King—
To crown the King that reigns within the man!
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