<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=366921" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>African King</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">It's rare to see your lion face<br>For most would stay away, <br>Yet if you don't give me the chase, <br>I'd see your mane like hay...<br>Ten thousand strands of fine-formed fur<br>Adorn your majesty...<br>Gold ribboned bands that somehow stir<br>My sense of chivalry.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yes, royal blood flows through your veins, <br>Enough to warm my heart...<br>Till I recall what vicious pains<br>As sovereign you'll impart.<br>African king, yet savage beast, <br>You rule your world with fear.<br>While in your eyes I seem the least, <br>I'm not all I appear.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For I'm a hunter, born and bred, <br>A carnivore like you.<br>I'll throw my spears till I get fed...<br>Most times, my aim stays true...<br>I've seen your glowing eyes at night, <br>Your silhouette so close...<br>I've seen the fearful birds take flight, <br>As tension overflows...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">As long as I respect your space<br>And you respect what's mine, <br>We'll each survive by God's good grace<br>And we'll both get on fine.<br>There's room enough and game enough<br>To live our whole lives through...<br>So if you let me do my stuff, <br>I'll keep away from you...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'African King'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Denis+Martindale">Denis Martindale</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=366921" data-title="African King de Denis Martindale" data-description="It's rare to see your lion face For most would stay away, Yet if you don't give me the chase, I'd see your mane like hay... Ten thousand strands of fine-formed fur Adorn your majesty... Gold ribboned bands that somehow stir My sense of chivalry...."></div> </div> </div>

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