<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367080" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Early Spring</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The tiger rested on the snow<br>That early Spring had thawed...<br>And caused some new snowdrops to flow, <br>As slowly they were poured...<br>The tiger knew from years gone by, <br>The season's signs increased, <br>When creatures stirred without a sigh<br>And patience was appeased...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The tiger rested all alone, <br>Content to take his time, <br>His heart was still as cold as stone<br>And lacked all thoughts sublime...<br>But give him space to dream a while...<br>Of tigresses' soft paws...<br>And then you'll see that tiger smile, <br>As Nature takes its course...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">From this day on, the sun would shine<br>A little more each day...<br>And each would seek a Valentine<br>With whom they hoped to stay! <br>When birds made nests in trees above<br>And tigers roamed the land, <br>In search of what's described as love, <br>As if these things were planned...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, November 2010.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Early Spring'. </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=367080" data-title="Early Spring de Denis Martindale" data-description="The tiger rested on the snow That early Spring had thawed... And caused some new snowdrops to flow, As slowly they were poured... The tiger knew from years gone by, The season's signs increased, When creatures stirred without a sigh And patienc..."></div> </div> </div>

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