<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=574651" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Taking An Ostrich</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">This Ostrich taken, vainly tries<br>From chord of Courser to be free;<br>She struggles hard, but man defies<br>Her bold attempt at liberty.<br>Ah! Lady take the simile:<br>As Ostrich caught by twisted chord,<br>So Woman must obey her Lord.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Awhile, in youth you wander o’er<br>The golden path of promised joy,<br>Nor think captivity has store<br>Of care, life’s bitterest alloy: -<br>You play with love, as child with toy;<br>But ah this Ostrich; it will prove<br>You cannot ‘scape the Chord of Love.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Richard+Cobbold">Richard Cobbold</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=574651" data-title="Taking An Ostrich de Richard Cobbold" data-description="This Ostrich taken, vainly tries From chord of Courser to be free; She struggles hard, but man defies Her bold attempt at liberty. Ah! Lady take the simile: As Ostrich caught by twisted chord, So Woman must obey her Lord. Awhile, in youth you wan..."></div> </div> </div>

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