He that labours is tempted by one devil; he that is idle is tempted by a thousand.
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Consolation
Little's the good to sit and grieve
Because the serpent tempted Eve.
Better to wipe your eyes and take
A club and go out and kill a snake.
What do you gain by cursing Nick
For playing her such a scurvy trick?
Better go out and some villain find
Who serves the devil, and beat him blind.
But if you prefer, as I suspect,
To philosophize, why, then, reflect:
If the cunning rascal upon the limb
Hadn't tempted her she'd have tempted him.
poem by Ambrose Bierce
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He that is busy is tempted but by one devil, he that is idle by a legion.
He that is busy is tempted by but one devil; he that is idle, by a legion.
Thomas Fuller in Gnomologia (1732)
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Halfway through any work, one is often tempted to go off on a tangent. Once you have yielded, you will be tempted to yield again and again... Finally, you would only produce something hybrid.
quote by Barbara Hepworth
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The great temptation
A sudden increase of pulse rate,
The unusual and uncalculated reaction,
A mystified set of uncertain emotion,
Seeing her moving across the junction,
My mind in stale and dysfunction,
It approached, the great temptation
She walked like a cherubic queen,
Her face so pure and fine,
I could imagine,
I lost focus and beacame immune,
Am I dreaming or otherwise,
It approached, the great temptation
I was tempted to talk,
Tempted to touch,
Tempted to hold,
Tempted to kiss,
The great temptation
By undefined means I overcame,
She was pure yet I overcame,
The realisation of a man,
It was the great temptation
poem by Gaylord Munemo
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A woman of thirty is not tempted by the devil.
Infidelity
A woman up to her middle age
Is tempted by men elder to her.
She emboldened herself to stupefy
Lads, after her forty plus.
A man up to his early manhood
Is tempted by women of his age.
Having crossed his middle age,
Man is wicked enough to hook lass.
Infidelity raises its head
At any stage of either sex
As an epitome of lust
In all, who are potent.
07.08.99, Palakkad
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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devil tempted the fasted Jesus
be alert always
to ward off temptations
quote by by John Celes
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Reveries of an Imaginary Landscape No.17 - Awaiting Purple Rain
Purple, hundreds of purples
flowering, blooming, ripe
spreading in effervescence
The sandy earth waiting
for little drops of purple drifting down
and slowly blanketing the terrain
The darkening petals dancing to the lightest tune
tempted, ever tempted to jump
never to return
poem by Timothy Marshal Nichols
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Once Upon A Time
Once upon a time there was an Eden,
woa
Once upon a time Adam and Eve,
A ...fell in love
Um...they fell in love
Like you and I
Like you and I
Once upon a time there was Delilah,
um
Once upon a time the devil and she
A...tempted man
Oh yes...a tempted man.
A..just like you
Are tempting me
Once upon a time
I knew just what to do
But that was long before
I met you, yes,
Once upon a time
I knew just what to do
But now I've fallen in love
Oh yes, I've fallen in love with you.
song performed by by Tom Jones
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Here Comes Temptation
(written by kostas)
When I see you Im drawn to you
Theres a certain look in yours eyes
Its hard to say no to this feeling
No matter how hard I try
Catch me if Im falling to you
Catch me if Im breaking away
Oh Im looking at paradise
Oh Im looking at paradise
Here comes temptation
Tempting me with you
Here comes temptation
Tempted to get close to you
Here comes temptation
Tempting me with you
If you were to know my secret
I wouldnt feel so shy
Sometimes I think you can see it
Its something I cant hide
All youd have to do is touch me
And all my resistance would melt away
Oh Im looking at paradise
Oh Im looking at paradise
Here comes temptation
Tempting me with you
Here comes temptation
Tempted to get close to you
Here comes temptation
Tempting me with you
Ill have to wait until my chance comes by
I know that you will be mine
Here comes temptation
Tempting me with you
Here comes temptation
Tempted to get close to you
Here comes temptation
Tempting me with you
song performed by by Trisha Yearwood
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A Serving They Wish To Dismiss
If we did not have a yesterday....
Would it be tomorrow we now live?
To say that today...
What we could have done then,
With a doing more today...
To have our way as lived?
Could anyone honestly say or admit,
To a living with disappointment...
'If',
We knew those seeds planted grew...
Today?
Those 'ands',
With their 'ifs' to 'but'...
Crops up in memories,
Too much.
And dreams and wishes do come true,
To be fulfilled.
They do!
'But'...
A wanting more to add onto those dreams,
We don't give up.
There is a wanting of more stuff.
With an allowing of disappointment.
People can't be teased or tempted,
Enough.
No!
People want to be kept real pleased...
With a doing away of the rough.
For more fluff.
To puff and strut with a flaunting.
People can't be teased or tempted,
Enough.
No!
To want and choose to validate...
What was eatened,
They ate.
People can't be teased or tempted,
Enough.
No!
To compromise on their licking of sugar,
To appreciate what it takes...
With a serving done on their plates.
And delivered as is wished.
People can't be teased or tempted,
Enough.
No!
To want and choose to validate...
What was eatened,
They ate.
Baited to order and made...
For them,
To suit their whims...
With a eating,
Of everything given as wished...
On their plates,
Today!
And...
Refuse,
A serving they wish to dismiss...
Ordered yesterday.
Yes,
And...
Refuse,
A serving they wish to dismiss...
Ordered yesterday.
And just,
Too confused...
To recognize what they had ordered,
And wished...
From their yesterdays.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Should We!
Should we feel tempted?
Wait for not but attempted
As it will give test of defeat or victory
Then to have win or worry
It is same story we repeat all the time
We are all human sand err sometimes
So long nature is there we may remain same
No one is there for solely to blame
Should we feel carried away?
There is only one way
Know that something bad is done
Ask for real reprieve and to be forgiven
The Holy Spirit will guide
Keep you within limit and confide
For you are to be taken care of every time
As you will be tempted all the times
Not all may find the same experience
Their crucial phase may at variance
Those who seek to be pardoned
May really had it and gets condoned
poem by Hasmukh Amathalal
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Thousand got away to other countries; thousands returned to Spain tempted by false promises of kindness. By the tens of thousands, these Spaniards died of neglect in the concentration camps.
quote by Martha Gellhorn
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Firewalking
Help me fall from grace
need you to be Incomplete
I am the impostor at your feet
is it your first time
or have you been tempted before
downward into the pulsing life
laying below
try firewalking inside of Me
when everything (else) falls apart
won┬┤t you fall from grace
I am at a wingbeat
from my retreat
is it your first time or have you been tempted before
downward into the pulsing secret
laying below
try firewalking inside of Me
when everything (else) falls apart
song performed by by Moonspell from Darkness And Hope
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Remember Those Days
Remember those days when love was a game?
You tempted. You teased and called his name.
He tempted. He pleased. What could you blame?
Youth, vitality and the call of desire,
Sensitive skin that felt on fire.
Remember those days when love was tame?
You smiled. You relented and he became
patient, and understanding. There was no blame.
Middle years and bodily change,
give and take, fair exchange.
Hard to remember those days anymore.
Love's still there, but different than before.
You hold his hand. You hear him snore.
Older years and you're still together.
All of this you both do weather.
And once in a while you remember.
poem by Edwina Reizer
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I saw (an infatuated student)
Yesterday I saw a teacher,
An interesting teacher,
And the memory is still so clear.
From side to side she swayed
As she explained
And concepts relayed.
All this time
A big smile played
On her luscious lips
That I was tempted to brush
I must confess,
Not with my fingers
Nor the conventional brush
But I do know you know
So I need not specify.
Patiently she handled
Anyone who caused trouble
And with a voice so musical
Held us captive
Ensuring all were active
Stimulating my imagination
Bringing to life thoughts
That I dare not reveal
For it borders on abomination.
What a teacher!
I had to shake my head
To make it clear
For if I didn't
What I was tempted to do
To disclose I fear
poem by Ibrahim Bidu
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The busy man is troubled with but one devil, the idle man by a thousand.
Obesity is not for me Todays Idiocy
I must confess that I grow less
now that I’ve given up fast food.
I did not do it to impress
I had to prove to me I could.
I was in fact a complete mess.
My appetite out of control.
Macdonalds ruled my life I guess
fast food became my only goal.
Until one day I chanced to see,
reflected in a window pane.
A big fat slob and it was me.
This made me resolve to abstain.
Although MacDonalds tempted me.
I only had myself to blame.
I had surrendered easily.
But now I understood their game.
As I grew fat so they grew rich.
They did not give a fig for me
So I decided I would switch
and start to eat more healthily.
Now I am slim and loving it
I am the weight I ought to be
Still tempted sometimes I admit.
But I walk past triumphantly.
23-Oct-08
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poem by Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg
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