Living
Come Forth, Old Lion, from Thy Den
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Living
Come forth, old lion, from thy den,
Come, be the gaze of idle men,
Old lion, shake thy mane and growl,
Or they will take thee for an owl.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Come Forth, Old Lion, from Thy Den.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/643/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Come Forth, Old Lion, from Thy Den.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/643/.
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