Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
A Song of Givers and TakersMark Turbyfill
From “Journeys and Discoveries”
O
Them on whom are showered the gifts of men!
Once I gave a very little thing,
And my life became as a great procession,
As untouched beautiful music.
But now I have known love;
I have taken love’s two hands,
And the kindness thereof.
Heavy is the heart at the harvest,
The high-heaped measure.
Oh, pity them that receive!