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Poems (Procter)/Give

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4678655Poems — GiveAdelaide Anne Procter
GIVE.
SEE the rivers flowingDownwards to the sea,Pouring all their treasuresBountiful and free:Yet to help their givingHidden springs arise;Or, if need be, showersFeed them from the skies!
Watch the princely flowersTheir rich fragrance spread,Load the air with perfumes,From their beauty shed:Yet their lavish spendingLeaves them not in dearth,With fresh life replenishedBy 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 spendestFrom thy little store,With a double bounty,God will give thee more.