<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=567588" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>On The Gum Tree On The Road Side</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">On the gum tree on the road side I can hear the unmelodious crow<br>Cawing in the gathering twilight his voice I have come to know<br>He doesn't seem worried by the weather though it has rained for most of the day<br>He is proclaiming his borders and Spring doesn't seem that far away.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Known as the Australian raven he is a stranger to fame<br>Wild life artists tend to ignore him and poets seldom mention him by name<br>Maybe because he lacks in beauty and maybe because he can't sing<br>He is one whose name is not mentioned amongst the feathered minstrels of Spring.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Hated by Aussie sheep farmers one good word of his kind they won't speak<br>They kill the frail newly born lambs and any mercy do not show to the weak<br>Yet these birds are the great survivors and in a hostile environment they thrive<br>And despite persecution by farmers the wily raven survive.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In a stick nest high on a tall tree three to six green eggs with freckles of brown<br>Ravens are birds of the paddocks and of the parks of the town, <br>Their great story of survival is a story to inspire<br>They may be lacking in beauty yet them one can't help but admire.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">High on the gum on the road side as shades of night creep through the sky<br>The Aussie raven is cawing on this wet evening in July<br>He doesn't seem worried by the weather though it has rained for most of the day<br>He is proclaiming his borders and Spring is not that far away.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Francis+Duggan">Francis Duggan</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=567588" data-title="On The Gum Tree On The Road Side de Francis Duggan" data-description="On the gum tree on the road side I can hear the unmelodious crow Cawing in the gathering twilight his voice I have come to know He doesn't seem worried by the weather though it has rained for most of the day He is proclaiming his borders and Sprin..."></div> </div> </div>

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