<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=368026" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>River City</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The tall trees that once clothed the banks<br>Beneath which clear, the waters streamed, <br>Where parrots bright in colours screamed<br>From mangroves by its sandy flanks, <br>And rocky bars by pools that gleamed<br>With flashing schools of swimming fish<br>Like silver clouds of weaving light; <br>Here none, in truth, could ever wish<br>For better than this peaceful sight<br>As simple men with nets and spears<br>Would gather all that Nature gave<br>O'er centuries of wondrous years<br>'Til each lay resting in his grave.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">These thoughts I ponder as I stroll<br>Through this great city in the night<br>Beneath the towering buildings bright<br>And watch the spreading waves that roll<br>From ferry boats that burn with light, <br>And wonder has this place a soul<br>That yearns for those fair days now past<br>When man's ways took a lesser toll<br>And Nature built a scene to last, <br>And could it come to pass one day<br>In say, a thousand years or so<br>That man has found a better way<br>To use the gifts the Gods bestow.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Dennis+N.+O%27Brien">Dennis N. O'Brien</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=368026" data-title="River City de Dennis N. O'Brien" data-description="The tall trees that once clothed the banks Beneath which clear, the waters streamed, Where parrots bright in colours screamed From mangroves by its sandy flanks, And rocky bars by pools that gleamed With flashing schools of swimming fish Like si..."></div> </div> </div>

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