The British Empire once was Worldwide <br />And the proud monarchs glowed with monarchy pride <br />Of their great Empire where the sun never set <br />Though such empires they are made of tears by death <br />An empire that stretched far from Britain's shore <br />But empires do not last forever more <br />It lasted perhaps a century of years <br />The British Empire built of blood and tears <br />The invading soldiers under constant attack <br />And the fearless rebels won their Nations back <br />Another empire became history <br />The conqueror's greed is spiritual poverty <br />And the British Empire is now of the past <br />And nothing save for Nature seems to last.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-british-empire/
