Never was isle so little, never was sea so lone,
But over the scud and the palm-trees an English flag was flown.


The Works of Rudyard Kipling: Plain tales from the hills, with a biographical sketch by Charles Eliot Norton. Rev. ed (ed. 1899)


Never was isle so little, never was sea so lone, But over the scud and the palm-trees an English flag was flown.

Never was isle so little, never was sea so lone, But over the scud and the palm-trees an English flag was flown.

Never was isle so little, never was sea so lone, But over the scud and the palm-trees an English flag was flown.

Never was isle so little, never was sea so lone, But over the scud and the palm-trees an English flag was flown.