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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GIVE, by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER Poet's Biography
First Line: See the rivers flowing
Last Line: God will give thee more.
Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary
Subject(s): Beauty; Life; Nature; Rivers
First Line: See the rivers flowing
Last Line: God will give thee more.
Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary
Subject(s): Beauty; Life; Nature; Rivers
SEE the rivers flowing
Downwards to the sea,
Pouring all their treasures
Bountiful and free:
Yet to help their giving
Hidden springs arise;
Or, if need be, showers
Feed them from the skies!
Watch the princely flowers
Their rich fragrance spread,
Load the air with perfumes,
From their beauty shed:
Yet their lavish spending
Leaves them not in dearth,
With fresh life replenished
By their mother earth!
Give thy heart's best treasures, --
From fair Nature learn;
Give thy love -- and ask not,
Wait not a return!
And the more thou spendest
From thy little store,
With a double bounty
God will give thee more.
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