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Rivers to the Sea (Collection)/Gifts

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For other versions of this work, see Gifts (Teasdale).

Macmillan Company, page 119

GIFTS

I gave my first love laughter,
I gave my second tears,
I gave my third love silence
Thru all the years.


My first love gave me singing,
My second eyes to see,
But oh, it was my third love
Who gave my soul to me.