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Civilization — spurns — the Leopard!
Was the Leopard — bold?
Deserts — never rebuked her Satin
Ethiop — her Gold
Tawny — her Customs
She was Conscious
Spotted — her Dun Gown
This was the Leopard's nature — Signor
Tawny : yellowish-brown, like the leopard’s coat. 
 The speaker connects the lovely, luxuriant color of the animal’s coat with its “customs,” its ways of life in its former situation–which are implied to have been equally luxuriant and lovely.
Civilization — spurns — the Leopard