The Captive Lion
W. H. Davies
1871 to 1940
Track 1
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It was that man who went again, alone,
Who gave those eyes their dull and sleepy look;
Like a sea-captain — careless what may come:
That now in silence walkst thy little space —
What power has brought thy majesty to this,
Thou that in fury with thy knotted tail
The thunder when the whole wide forest shook?
Into thy forest dark — Lord, he was brave!
Hast made this iron floor thy beaten drum;
Unburied till an earthquake digs his grave.
Who took their lightning out, and from thy throat
That man a fly has killed, whose bones are left
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