01-10-2004, 03:48 AM
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The Sun Never Set on the British Empire,
"Dominion over palm and pine"
The sun never set on the British Empire
because the sun sets in the West
and the British Empire was in the East.
Anonymous Student
Far-called, our navies melt away;
On dune and headland sinks the fire:
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,
Lest we forget -- lest we forget!
Rudyard Kipling, "Recessional," 1897
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The Sun Never Set on the British Empire,
"Dominion over palm and pine"
The sun never set on the British Empire
because the sun sets in the West
and the British Empire was in the East.
Anonymous Student
Far-called, our navies melt away;
On dune and headland sinks the fire:
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,
Lest we forget -- lest we forget!
Rudyard Kipling, "Recessional," 1897
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