Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Second Book of Modern Verse. 1922.

The Gift

LET others give you wealth and love,

And guard you while you live;

I cannot set my gift above

The gifts that others give.

And yet the gift I give is good:

In one man’s eyes to see

The worship of your maidenhood

While children climb your knee.