Mark Turbyfill. A Song of Givers and Takers. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

A Song of Givers and Takers

By Mark Turbyfill


From “Journeys and Discoveries” OH, pity them that receive,
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.	5
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.	10
Oh, pity them that receive!