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Song of the Lion Tower
Gifted as
a power play,
from golden sun
to endless grey.
From plain and plateau,
freedom, joy
to pain and sorrow,
royal toy.
Come closer, keeper,
pet my paw.
I'll have revenge,
now hear my ROAR!
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Inspired by the Barbary lions and other animals kept at the Tower of London from the 1200s up until 1835.
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Rebecca Loveday
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