<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=505733" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>What is beauty?</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Flatten cheeks, sunken breasts, <br>Thin plait, muscle-less waist, <br>Neither modern, nor of fashion in posture, <br>None of which is distinct for beauty.<br>With them she stirs me rather than any.<br>No one is better than she to me.<br>Coyness, swiftness and smartness<br>And her formidable clan are her assets.<br>Uneven lips, crowded little teeth, <br>Deep seated eyes, manly nose: <br>Everything to me is voluptuous.<br>None endeared as she did; <br>None I endeared as much; <br>None she had maddened that much; <br>None she is fonder of than me.<br>Saturday and Sunday are black days<br>As we miss the presence of the <br>Other, and I curse all holidays.<br>Ethical or not, I am at her feet; <br>She revived in me my youth<br>And who herself retained her youth.<br>06.04.99, Plakkad</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=505733" data-title="What is beauty? de Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar" data-description="Flatten cheeks, sunken breasts, Thin plait, muscle-less waist, Neither modern, nor of fashion in posture, None of which is distinct for beauty. With them she stirs me rather than any. No one is better than she to me. Coyness, swiftness and smar..."></div> </div> </div>

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