Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GIFTS, by LILLIAN M. HAGAR


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First Line: I ask not your silver, I want not your gold
Last Line: "the ""why"" of things, unseen and that grow."
Subject(s): Nature; Simplicity; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes


I ask not your silver, I want not your gold,
Nor treasures, nor jewels, they're worthless and cold.

I ask not for fame, 'tis a senseless gift,
Like the sea-waves fleeting, with many a rift.

I ask not for mansions with spacious ground,
"Things bring not happiness," is wisdom profound.

I ask only sight, and vision to see,
The bursting buds, the industrious bee.

I ask only hearing, and discernment to hear,
The earth's 'wakening whisper, the birds caroling near.

I ask only knowledge, and wisdom to know,
The "why" of things, unseen and that grow.





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