<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=366950" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Arrogance</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The lion king posed quietly<br>Without a single roar, <br>As if the whole wide world to see, <br>So they could shout encore! <br>With arrogance and more to spare, <br>The lion drew a crowd, <br>His golden mane a halo there, <br>No touching was allowed...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Just like the Sphinx, he looked sublime, <br>A hero through and through, <br>Yet haughtiness is such a crime, <br>Yet this was all he knew...<br>His challengers were forced to run<br>To save them from their fears, <br>So many battles had been won, <br>He left a trail of tears...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">No challenge left, he merely posed, <br>For now he lacked all friends, <br>His solemn stare as if to boast, <br>This legend never ends...<br>But old age came and slowed him down, <br>His eyes now weak and frail..<br>And suddenly he lost his crown...<br>No more the Alpha Male...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, February 2012.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Arrogance'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">More Stephen Gayford poems here: <br>denis-martindale-dot-blogspot-dot-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=366950" data-title="Arrogance de Denis Martindale" data-description="The lion king posed quietly Without a single roar, As if the whole wide world to see, So they could shout encore! With arrogance and more to spare, The lion drew a crowd, His golden mane a halo there, No touching was allowed... Just like th..."></div> </div> </div>

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