Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Five day cricket tests were in vogue;
Then came in the one day cricket match.
Now four hour match is popular.
Is patience or stupidity gone?
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Let him have his food; don't snatch it.
Let him have his bed; don't drive him.
Let him have his mate; don't userp her.
If you do, you deserve thrashing.
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To do what you don't want to do
And to not do what you want to
Stem from fear, ego or jealousy.
Do the rest to enjoy yourself.
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The level of tolerance makes
One sweet or bitter to others.
If one is kind, the credit goes
To his capacity of tolerance.
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Giving gift must form one's duty.
Give it to who deserves and needs.
Give it to who could not repay.
It can be a gift of treasure,
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Your capacity to do is your energy.
Your speed of doing is your power.
Your thrust of doing is your force.
The three together makes your strength.
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Love mutual is love generated.
Love sexual is love released.
Love parental is love released.
Love released is love genuine.
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Don't project any part of your body
To look more than its size with the aid of pads.
People will guess them less than their sizes.
Don't expose any part of your body
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Frogs find flies as their prey;
Birds find worms as their prey;
Cats find rats as their prey.
For man, another man is prey.
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A true servant does not work for wages.
A great man does not do great works for fame.
Both accept what is offered aftermath.
Now great men have trusts for their ill gotten.
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