Destroyers and Other Verses/I Have Wandered Round an Empire
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I have wandered round an Empire
To kingdom whence it grew,
To the coast-line of my country
Flashes white between the blue.
Blue the sky and blue the water,
And a ruddy little town
Nestles in a sunny hollow
Underneath the windy down.
In that town a winding alley
Leads into a little square
With an almond-tree in blossom,
And I know my home is there.
Home and country, kingdom, Empire,
All the universe to me
Is a little laughing woman
In her brown room by the sea.
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