Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Man grows on plants and animals.
Animals grow on plants and animals.
Germs grow on all the three.
Plants grow for all the three.
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None that I more love than myself;
None that you more love than yourself,
Yet let us love, though less, each other.
That will do for us to prosper.
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With age advancing,
Is it harder to climb up?
Is it easier to get fatigue?
Is there weight loss?
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A woman of some standing
Is desirous of having
Not so much for a husband
Who is handsome and chivalrous
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You may make it an accident
When you make a visit of woman.
She is good enough to understand
That the visit made is by design.
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A woman of skin, of grace,
Of curves or of wallet
Cannot match a woman
Of substance to hold a man.
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Socrates is studied across;
Einstein is learnt across.
Shakespeare is read across.
Jesus is not read by all; why?
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A new friend, a new lover,
A new spouse or a new environ
Would bring you a change.
With it come both green and brown.
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I earn within which I eat and wear.
No jealousy, no begging either.
Calling a spade a spade, I’m content..
My pride is to live within my means.
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Love marches are not alike.
Who ambles to love withal?
With widows that lack sanction.
Who doeth love trot withal?
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