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Canto the Fourth

I
Nothing so difficult as a beginning
In poesy, unless perhaps the end;
For oftentimes when Pegasus seems winning
The race, he sprains a wing, and down we tend,
Like Lucifer when hurl'd from heaven for sinning;
Our sin the same, and hard as his to mend,
Being pride, which leads the mind to soar too far,
Till our own weakness shows us what we are.

II
But Time, which brings all beings to their level,
And sharp Adversity, will teach at last
Man, -- and, as we would hope, -- perhaps the devil,
That neither of their intellects are vast:
While youth's hot wishes in our red veins revel,
We know not this -- the blood flows on too fast;
But as the torrent widens towards the ocean,
We ponder deeply on each past emotion.

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poem by Byron from Don Juan (1824)
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I'm quite obviously not the world's most handsome man - I'm the second world's most handsome man!

quote by Robbie Williams
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He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will never be handsome, strong, rich or wise.

quote by George Herbert
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I find very often that very ugly women have really handsome men and vice versa because they don't have any competition. Sometimes handsome men have avoided me.

quote by Hedy Lamarr
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'Handsome' means many things to many people. If people consider me handsome, I feel flattered - and have my parents to thank for it. Realistically, it doesn't hurt to be good-looking, especially in this business.

quote by Richard Chamberlain
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Both are as best

The most beautiful duck
Is as best as
The most beautiful goose
The most handsome stallion
Is as best as
The most handsome jackass
The most beautiful African
Is as best as
The most beautiful American
Comparison cannot sustain
In as much as
The heads of cat and rat are their best.
04.09.2008

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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For The Time Being

A handsome God and an ugly devil live in this poor man's worn heart.
When he gets sick the handsome prescribes medicines and the ugly force him to hard liquor.
When the poor man got drunk; he shouts ' No doubts I see the fundamental road ahead that leads to heaven & hell, but I am totally drunk
And it's too far to walk through the sober lane, better I relax here for a while at the signal lights until the green sign flickers.'

poem by Nimal Dunuhinga
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Pictured

My work, I'm very careful about it, and I love it.
But today I'm discouraged by how slowly it's going.
The day has affected my mood.
It gets darker and darker. Endless wind and rain.
I'm more in the mood for looking than for writing.
In this picture, I'm now gazing at a handsome boy
who is lying down close to a spring,
exhausted from running.
What a handsome boy; what a heavenly noon
has caught him up in sleep.
I sit and gaze like this for a long time,
recovering through art from the effort of creating it.

poem by Constantine P. Cavafy
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Repeated Poem...

there is a handsome young man
residing in a far away mountain
he writes love poems...

it so happens that there is this
lonely woman who reads each poem
and amazed by said poems
she climbs the mountain to see the
man and tell him that she
loves him too...

the man is puzzled and the woman asks why?
those poems are not
for her, he says
and the woman is sad
goes down the mountain telling herself
that the handsome young man is a liar

and that from that time on
she will never read any of his poems....

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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A Man Of Wealth

I thank a man on strength of skills and wealth,
His only handsome face was felt above and below
Wherever that man journeyed through,
He encountered my friendship, and me.
Dungeons reject him, dangers turn into safeties
When felt by pain and no regret is thumbed.
My introduction to this alien place exceeds delight,
Rather strongly accepted by my handsome friend
A new home has too weird a facade that I love still
The life in me and in him. He is certainly a guest of strength
And wealth.
Guests normally ride back home, but this one is to stay
And be me.

poem by Naveed Akram
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