The Captive Lion
W. H. Davies
1871 to 1940
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Thou that in fury with thy knotted tail
Hast this iron floor thy beaten drum;
That now in walkst thy little space —
Like a sea-captain — what may come:
What power has brought thy majesty this,
Who gave those eyes their dull and sleepy look;
Who took their lightning out, and from thy throat
thunder when the whole wide forest shook?
It was man who went again, alone,
Into thy forest dark — Lord, he was brave!
That man a fly has killed, whose bones are left
Unburied till an earthquake digs grave.
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