In Westminster Abbey by Sir John Betjeman
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Comments & analysis: Let me take this other glove off / As the vox humana swells,
  • Velma@lemmy.today
    4·
    3 days ago

    Keep our Empire undismembered
    Guide our Forces by Thy Hand,
    Gallant blacks from far Jamaica,
    Honduras and Togoland;
    Protect them Lord in all their fights,
    And, even more, protect the whites.

    Yikes lol