Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ENGLAND AND HER COLONIES [OR, DOMINIONS], by WILLIAM WATSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She stands, a thousand wintered tree Last Line: Perchance may one day call. Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William Variant Title(s): Children Of Britain Subject(s): Great Britain - Commonwealth & Colonies; Patriotism; British Empire; England - Empire | ||||||||
SHE stands, a thousand-wintered tree, By countless morns impearled; Her broad roots coil beneath the sea, Her branches sweep the world; Her seeds, by careless winds conveyed, Clothe the remotest strand With forests from her scatterings made, New nations fostered in her shade, And linking land with land. O ye by wandering tempest sown 'Neath every alien star, Forget not whence the breath was blown That wafted you afar! For ye are still her ancient seed On younger soil let fall -- Children of Britain's island-breed, To whom the Mother in her need Perchance may one day call. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COLONISATION IN REVERSE by SIMONE LOUISE BENNETT NIGHTSONG: CITY by DENNIS BRUTUS NIGHT RAIN by JOHN PEPPER CLARK RECESSIONAL by RUDYARD KIPLING VITAI LAMPADA by HENRY JOHN NEWBOLT |
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