<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=366925" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>African Sunset</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">As the sun was setting slowly, <br>The lion settled down...<br>Forewarned, majestic and holy, <br>Adorned in golden brown...<br>Without a qualm, without a care, <br>At peace with all he knew, <br>Just calmly breathing in the air<br>Beneath the sky so blue...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The hot, hot sun had soothed his mind, <br>All signs of rage had gone<br>And as it left the day behind, <br>The moon must carry on...<br>Night creatures stirred within the soil, <br>Yet few would sense his power...<br>Nor think of him that he was royal<br>And over them he'd tower...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The birds approached him without fear, <br>They knew that he was old...<br>They taunted him as they drew near, <br>Delighting to be bold...<br>The sunset of his life was now, <br>When midnight comes to call...<br>He bore no frown upon his brow...<br>You see, he'd done it all...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, August 2010.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting<br>by Stephen Gayford called 'African Sunset'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">More Stephen Gayford poems here: <br>denis-martindale-dot-blogspot.com</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=366925" data-title="African Sunset de Denis Martindale" data-description="As the sun was setting slowly, The lion settled down... Forewarned, majestic and holy, Adorned in golden brown... Without a qualm, without a care, At peace with all he knew, Just calmly breathing in the air Beneath the sky so blue... The hot,..."></div> </div> </div>

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