<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=343803" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Travelling Bear</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">GRASS-BLADES push up between the cobblestones <br>And catch the sun on their flat sides <br>Shooting it back, <br>Gold and emerald, <br>Into the eyes of passers-by. <br>And over the cobblestones, <br>Square-footed and heavy, <br>Dances the trained bear. <br>The cobbles cut his feet, <br>And he has a ring in his nose <br>But still he dances, <br>For the keeper pricks him with a sharp stick, <br>Under his fur. <br>Now the crowd gapes and chuckles, <br>And boys and young women shuffle their feet in time to the dancing bear, <br>They see him wobbling <br>Against a dust of emerald and gold, <br>And they are greatly delighted. <br>The legs of the bear shake with fatigue <br>And his back aches, <br>And the shining grass-blades dazzle and confuse him. <br>But still he dances, <br>Because of the little, pointed stick.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Amy+Lowell">Amy Lowell</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=343803" data-title="The Travelling Bear de Amy Lowell" data-description="GRASS-BLADES push up between the cobblestones And catch the sun on their flat sides Shooting it back, Gold and emerald, Into the eyes of passers-by. And over the cobblestones, Square-footed and heavy, Dances the trained bear. The cobbles c..."></div> </div> </div>

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