lions - Popular Poems and stories from category

There is scarlet on his forehead, There are scars across his face,’Tis the bloody dew of battle dripping down, dripping down, But the war-heart of the Lion Turns to iron in its
When he halts to face disaster, when he turns to meet disgrace,

King Francis was a hearty king, and loved a royal sport,
And one day as his lions fought, sat looking on the court;
The nobles filled the benches, and the ladies in their pride,
And 'mongst them sat the Count de Lorge, with one for ...