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All this (save the last stanza) Henry said,

And thought. I say no more⁠—I’ve said too much;

For all of us have either heard or read⁠—

Off⁠—or upon the hustings⁠—some slight such

Hints from the independent heart or head

Of the official candidate. I’ll touch

No more on this⁠—the dinner-bell hath rung,

And grace is said; the grace I should have sung⁠—