“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.”

England and Her Colonies http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/england-and-her-colonies/.

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English poet, born 1858 1858–1935

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