<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=508812" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Old General</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Little Annabelle to please,<br> (Lacking grace, I grant),<br>Grandpa down on hands and knees<br> Plays the elephant.<br>Annabelle shrieks with delight,<br> Bouncing up and down,<br>On his back and holding tight<br> To his dressing gown.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">As they roll and bowl along,<br> Round and round the room,<br>There is sunshine and a song<br> 'Spite December gloom.<br>Yet we hear not Grandpa's groans,<br> Hushed his beard inside,<br>As his old rheumatic bones<br> Ache with every stride.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He has known his golden days,<br> Soldiered with the best;<br>And to prove the people's praise<br> Medals bright his breast.<br>Yet though his renown we chant,<br> How we love him well<br>When he plays the elephant<br> Just for Annabelle!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Robert+William+Service">Robert William Service</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=508812" data-title="The Old General de Robert William Service" data-description="Little Annabelle to please, (Lacking grace, I grant), Grandpa down on hands and knees Plays the elephant. Annabelle shrieks with delight, Bouncing up and down, On his back and holding tight To his dressing gown. As they roll and bowl along, ..."></div> </div> </div>

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