Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WORKS AND DAYS: GIVING AND TAKING, by HESIOD


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WORKS AND DAYS: GIVING AND TAKING, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Befriend the friends you have, and go
Last Line: Is theft, and bringeth death as alms.
Subject(s): Gifts & Giving


BEFRIEND the friends you have, and go
To him who comes to you. Bestow
Your gifts on whoso gives: to him
Who grudges, give not. Men endow
Munificent, not niggard, palms.
Bounty is excellent, but grim
Is theft, and bringeth death as alms.





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