<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=357988" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Satin Bower-Bird</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Spare a bloom of blue, lady,<br>To adorn a bower.<br>A violet will do, lady<br>Any azure flower.<br>Since we hold a dance to-day,<br>We would make our ball-room gay,<br>Where the scented grasses sway.<br>And the tall trees tower.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Beautiful but shy, lady,<br>Yesterday we came<br>Dropping from the sky, lady,<br>Flecks of golden flame<br>Golden flame and royal blue <br>We have come to beg of you<br>Any scrap of heaven's hue<br>For our dancing game.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Spare us but a leaf, lady,<br>If our suit be spurned<br>We shall play the thief, lady,<br>When your back is turned;<br>Ravishing your garden plot<br>Of the choicest you have got <br>Pansy or forget-me-not <br>Counting it well earned.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then, if some rare chance, lady,<br>Later should befall.<br>And you gain a glance, lady,<br>At our dancing hall,<br>You will find your blossoms there<br>'Mid our decorations where,<br>With a proud, patrician air,<br>We hold the Bushland Ball.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Clarence+Michael+James+Stanislaus+Dennis">Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis</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=357988" data-title="The Satin Bower-Bird de Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis" data-description="Spare a bloom of blue, lady, To adorn a bower. A violet will do, lady Any azure flower. Since we hold a dance to-day, We would make our ball-room gay, Where the scented grasses sway. And the tall trees tower. Beautiful but shy, lady, Yesterday we..."></div> </div> </div>

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