<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=502040" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Lust versus Ethics</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Lust never rests<br>Between two souls<br>But tends to crossfire.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She drew to me closer<br>While at work we were.<br>There were under-currents<br>Deep in the placid ocean.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She feigned her presence<br>Propelled by Lust, <br>But refrained from advance, <br>Repelled by Ethics.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Be merry, Lust lured; <br>Be virtuous, Ethics warned.<br>Is she to give in or not? <br>Lust and Ethics were at war.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I felt her and smelt her<br>But bent not to taste her, <br>Yet it is as much worth<br>As if she was tasted.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A flower when smelt<br>Is not spoilt but is, when plucked.<br>So she is not abducted.<br>Lust and Ethics were at par.<br>09.07.96</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Rm.+Shanmugam+Chettiar">Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar</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=502040" data-title="Lust versus Ethics de Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar" data-description="Lust never rests Between two souls But tends to crossfire. She drew to me closer While at work we were. There were under-currents Deep in the placid ocean. She feigned her presence Propelled by Lust, But refrained from advance, Repelled by Eth..."></div> </div> </div>

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