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Rubaiyat 39

With good company and harp and reed
In a corner, jug of wine and time to heed,
The warmth of wine runs through my veins,
Why should I succumb to my greed?

poem by Shams al-Din Hafiz
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May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.

quote by Marianne Williamson
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The destiny

The past is not the future.
Tomorrow is not yesterday.
Experience is just guidance.
Experience is not recurrence.
Future is speculation.
So we succumb to chance.
17.03.2007

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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The right one bows to the might.

The goat can’t expect mercy from the butcher.
The butcher has no guilt for his act on it.
The weak have necessarily to succumb
To the might, with their right notwithstanding.
24.11.2007

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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The suppressed passion

Women, often, refuse to succumb
To the lust of their higher ups
Who are admirable though,
Not that they loathe their heroes
But that they mind their peers.
05.05.2000, Palakkad

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Vultures

Girls and lads are not vultures each other.
They are depraved and ensnared by uncles and aunts.
Lured by urge and cared for safety
Girls and lads succumb to the greater
vultures.

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Collectivity

A force exerted, some forces push it
And some oppose it. Pro-forces overcome
Or succumb to the opposing forces.
Thus successes or failures emerge.

In a team either you float or you sink.
21.05.2012

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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If they have covered your face with latex, you have to control yourself mentally so you won't think. If you start thinking, you will succumb to panic. I had a bit of a cold, and frankly I didn't have a good time.

quote by Meg Tilly
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Entropy

Aware
System gone haywire
Voices
Million
Can hear
Proudly
Flaunting the flaws
To clear the clot
In the process
Enmeshed in clot
Ready
Some plunge
Trickle becomes
The mesh
So complex
Under its weight
Succumb.

poem by Sanjay Mehta
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Business chief executive officers and their boards succumb to the pressures of the financial markets and their fears of takeovers and pour out their energies to produce quarterly earnings - at the expense of building their companies for the long term.

quote by J. Irwin Miller
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