<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=503626" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Stalks no bar</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">As lotus, fair and lovely, <br>By water is not soiled<br>She, frail and comely<br>By birth is not spoilt.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">As pearl, fine and glossy, <br>By oyster is not bruised<br>She, tender and brainy, <br>By class is not sullied.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">As melon, lush and succulent, <br>By draught is not shrunken<br>She, deft and nimble, <br>By penury is not sunken.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">By beauty, grace and dexterity<br>Is love well nourished; <br>By poverty, traits and parentality<br>Is love not eclipsed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Otherwise it is not love<br>06.06.97</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=503626" data-title="Stalks no bar de Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar" data-description="As lotus, fair and lovely, By water is not soiled She, frail and comely By birth is not spoilt. As pearl, fine and glossy, By oyster is not bruised She, tender and brainy, By class is not sullied. As melon, lush and succulent, By draught is ..."></div> </div> </div>

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