<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=477530" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Venus and Candor</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Beauty is not truth<br>But a transient mask’s shadow<br>Across the foamy sky<br>Opaque flight<br>Separated from the blue fire bird<br>Of a convulsive life.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In dazzling charm<br>Narcissus may revel<br>And celebrate vanity, <br>Yet grandeur, glory and grace<br>May also radiate<br>Through unsightly wrinkles.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Truth is not beauty<br>But a chequered meadow lark<br>Discovered among dense saffrons<br>Of lilac harmonies<br>Over pastures of violet discernments<br>A colourful bobolink singing<br>Pragmatic lilts.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Paul+Hartal">Paul Hartal</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=477530" data-title="Venus and Candor de Paul Hartal" data-description="Beauty is not truth But a transient mask’s shadow Across the foamy sky Opaque flight Separated from the blue fire bird Of a convulsive life. In dazzling charm Narcissus may revel And celebrate vanity, Yet grandeur, glory and grace May also rad..."></div> </div> </div>

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