Give

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.