Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
Gifts
The only gift is a portion of thyself…. Therefore the poet brings his poem; the shepherd, his lamb; the farmer, corn; the miner, a gem; the sailor, coral and shells; the painter, his picture; the girl, a handkerchief of her own sewing.
Emerson.—Essays: Gifts.