Giving Chapter V Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C D E F G H I H F J I K L M A A N O L A P Q K I A R A L L L P| Then said a rich man Speak to us of Giving | A |
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| And he answered | B |
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| You give but little when you give of your possessions | C |
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| It is when you give of yourself that you truly give | D |
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| For what are your possessions but things you keep and guard for fear you may need them tomorrow | E |
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| And tomorrow what shall tomorrow bring to the overprudent dog burying bones in the trackless sand as he follows the pilgrims to the holy city | F |
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| And what is fear of need but need itself | G |
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| Is not dread of thirst when your well is full thirst that is unquenchable | H |
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| There are those who give little of the much which they have and they give it for recognition and their hidden desire makes their gifts unwholesome | I |
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| And there are those who have little and give it all | H |
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| These are the believers in life and the bounty of life and their coffer is never empty | F |
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| There are those who give with joy and that joy is their reward | J |
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| And there are those who give with pain and that pain is their baptism | I |
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| And there are those who give and know not pain in giving nor do they seek joy nor give with mindfulness of virtue | K |
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| They give as in yonder valley the myrtle breathes its fragrance into space | L |
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| Though the hands of such as these God speaks and from behind their eyes He smiles upon the earth | M |
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| It is well to give when asked but it is better to give unasked through understanding | A |
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| And to the open handed the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than giving | A |
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| And is there aught you would withhold | N |
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| All you have shall some day be given | O |
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| Therefore give now that the season of giving may be yours and not your inheritors' | L |
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| You often say I would give but only to the deserving | A |
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| The trees in your orchard say not so nor the flocks in your pasture | P |
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| They give that they may live for to withhold is to perish | Q |
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| Surely he who is worthy to receive his days and his nights is worthy of all else from you | K |
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| And he who has deserved to drink from the ocean of life deserves to fill his cup from your little stream | I |
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| And what desert greater shall there be than that which lies in the courage and the confidence nay the charity of receiving | A |
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| And who are you that men should rend their bosom and unveil their pride that you may see their worth naked and their pride unabashed | R |
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| See first that you yourself deserve to be a giver and an instrument of giving | A |
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| For in truth it is life that gives unto life while you who deem yourself a giver are but a witness | L |
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| And you receivers and you are all receivers assume no weight of gratitude lest you lay a yoke upon yourself and upon him who gives | L |
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| Rather rise together with the giver on his gifts as on wings | L |
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| For to be overmindful of your debt is to doubt his generosity who has the free hearted earth for mother and God for father | P |
Khalil Gibran
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