<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367714" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Old Campaigner</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The lion king had lived life well, <br>Fought battles and he'd won<br>And now he paused to rest a spell, <br>To muse on all he'd done.<br>Inflicting wounds on lesser foes, <br>Reminding them who's boss, <br>Yes, face-to-face and nose-to-nose, <br>Yet never facing loss...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To these, he was the alpha male, <br>The lion king and more, <br>The lion who could never fail<br>To settle every score.<br>To these, he was the champion, <br>As if he were ordained, <br>The one they were relying on<br>Because of all he'd gained...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The old campaigner stood his ground, <br>Defiant to the last, <br>The lion king who was self-crowned, <br>Whose life had almost past...<br>But while he strode his sovereign land, <br>He ruled with just a stare...<br>For who would challenge one so grand, <br>Whose stature said, 'Beware! '? </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, April 2011.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'The Old Campaigner'. </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=367714" data-title="The Old Campaigner de Denis Martindale" data-description="The lion king had lived life well, Fought battles and he'd won And now he paused to rest a spell, To muse on all he'd done. Inflicting wounds on lesser foes, Reminding them who's boss, Yes, face-to-face and nose-to-nose, Yet never facing loss..."></div> </div> </div>

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