Social Commentaries
Lord Calvin
From More Peers (1911)
Social Commentaries
Lord Calvin thought the Bishops should not sit
As Peers of Parliament.
And argued it!
In spite of which, for years, and years, and years,
They went on sitting with their fellow-peers.
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Belloc, Hilaire. “Lord Calvin.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/89/.
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