<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=357937" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Lips Of Ages</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Down thro' the ages these same sticks<br>Have played on man their knavish tricks.<br>Down thro' the ages these false lips<br>Have been as blessings or as whips<br>To scourge poor man to actions rash<br>In waging wars or wasting cash.<br>Down thro' the years, when Adam grieves,<br>Look to those painted lips of Eve's.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Once, modesty suggested stealth<br>In simulating glowing health;<br>But now, alas, no shame restrains<br>Toilets performed in trams, in trains,<br>At table; for these candid days<br>Make nothing of the frank displays<br>Of carmine, lard and lanoline<br>To make plain Jane a beauteous queen.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Down thro' the ages pig and sheep<br>Have tribute paid that men might weep<br>Or laugh or love or go quite mad<br>Because of lips in grease-paint clad.<br>Down thro' the years, when heroes fall<br>Look not for mortal wound at all <br>Seek on his brow the thin red line<br>Of carmined lips - Eve's fatal sign.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Clarence+Michael+James+Stanislaus+Dennis">Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=357937" data-title="The Lips Of Ages de Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis" data-description="Down thro' the ages these same sticks Have played on man their knavish tricks. Down thro' the ages these false lips Have been as blessings or as whips To scourge poor man to actions rash In waging wars or wasting cash. Down thro' the years, when A..."></div> </div> </div>

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