<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367048" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Dappled Sunlight</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The lion stared with gemstone eyes<br>And heard with ears erect, <br>Alert and focussed, sternly wise<br>At all he could inspect.<br>No more the cub content to play<br>Or waste his precious time, <br>For suddenly there came the day, <br>They saw him in his prime...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The world had changed, new thoughts were born, <br>He hunted with the rest, <br>He stood as high as golden corn, <br>Content he'd passed each test...<br>The future grants a destiny<br>Each lion must embrace, <br>With royalty and majesty<br>Throughout his adult days...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dappled sunlight caressed his brow, <br>Did more than keep him warm, <br>It showed us all how he looked now, <br>In stature and in form.<br>Dappled sunlight caressed his coat, <br>To show each forehead frown, <br>As if to show each line God wrote<br>Upon his noble crown.</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 'Dappled Sunlight'.</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=367048" data-title="Dappled Sunlight de Denis Martindale" data-description="The lion stared with gemstone eyes And heard with ears erect, Alert and focussed, sternly wise At all he could inspect. No more the cub content to play Or waste his precious time, For suddenly there came the day, They saw him in his prime... T..."></div> </div> </div>

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